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BULLETIN OF THE 



X. General Summary. 



Number of indigenous species still living in the State . . . *65 



" species already extirpated 5 



" adventitious species 3 — 



Whole number 73 



Number of land species (including the seals) 52 



" marine species (the cetaceans) ..... 18 



" northern species | 7 



" southern species f ........ 8 



" species restricted to the region east of the great sterile plains 22 



" " that range over the greater part of the continent 15 



" " common to North America and the North Old World 13 



" " that are numerously represented 



" " that are sparsely represented 



" "• of Felidae (including 1 extirpated) 



" " Canida? 



" " Mustelidae 



lt " Ursida: 



" « Phocidae 



" " Cervidse (including 3 extirpated) 



« " Balamidae 



" " Physeteridae .... 



" " Delphinidaj ..... 



» " Vespertilionid* 



" " Soricidse 



« " Talpidffi 



" » Sciuridae (including 1 extirpated) 



» <■<■ Muridae (including 3 adventitious) 



« " Hystricida; 



" " Leporida; .... 



" " Carnivora (5 families) . 



" " Ruminantia (1 family) . 



" " Cetacea (3 families) . 



" " Insectivora (3 families) . 



« " Rodentia (4 families) . 



Number of families represented .... 



Less than one half of the indigenous species existing in the 



28 



45 



3 



6 



5 



3 



7 



9 



1 



2 



18 



4 



8 



14 



19 



16 



State, as 



indicated above in Table I, are common, and more than a third are 



• Emmons pave 41 ; Linslev, for Connecticut, 52; DeKay, for New York, 60. 

 t See notes to Tables IV and V, antea, p. 239. 



