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virginianus Harlan, Emm. Rep., p. 58.) Gray Rabbit. Abundant in 

 most parts of the State. Less common in the more elevated portions, 

 and quite unknown in the higher ranges of the western counties. 



General Synopsis and Remarks on the Geographical Distri- 

 bution of the Species. 



I. Indigenous Species still existing in the State. 



1. Lynx canadensis Raf.* 



2. " rufus Raf* 



3. Canis lupus Linn* 



4. Vulpes vulgaris Cuv. 



5. " virginianus DeKay.* 



6. Mustela Pennantii ErxL* 



7. " martes Linn.* 



8. Putorius vulgaris Linn. 



9. " ermineus Linn. 



10. " lutreolus Cuv. 



11. Gulo luscus Sabine.* 



12. Lutra canadensis Sab. 



13. Mephitis mephitica Baird. 



14. Procyon lotor Storr. 



15. Ursus arctos Linn.* 

 1G. Phoca vitulina Linn. 



1 7. Cystophora cristata Nihson. 



18. Cariacus virginianus Gray.* 



19. Balana cisarctica Cope. 

 20 Agaphalus gibbosus Cope. 



21. Megaptera osphyia Cope. 



22. Eschricbtus robustus Lilj* 



23. Sibbaldius tectirostris Cope. 



24. " : tuberosus Cope.* 



25. " borealis Fisck.* 



26. ? Balamoptera rostrata. 



27. Physeter macrocepbalus Pander.* 



28. Mesoplodon sowerbiensis.* 



29. Orca gladiator Sund. 



30. Globiocephalus melas Traill. 



31. Hyperaodon bidens Owen.* 



32. Beluga canadensis ErxL* 



33. Largenorbynchus sp.? 



34. Delphinus erebennus Cope. 



35. " clymenc Gray.* 



36. Phocsena americana Agass. 



37. Lasiurus noveboracensis Tomes. 



38. " cinereus H. Allen* 



39. Scotophilia fuscus H. Allen. 



40. " noctivagans H. Allen. 



41. " georgianus H. Allen. 



42. Vespertilio subulatus Say. 



43. Neosorex palustris Verrill* 



44. Sorex platyrhinus Linsley. 



45. Sorex Cooperi Bach.* 



46. " Forsteri Rich.* 



47. Blarina brevicauda Baird. 



48. Scalops aquaticus Fisch. 



49. " Breweri Bach.* 



50. Condylura cristata III. 



course, introducing numerous changes in nomenclature. Lepus is restricted to the 

 larger species, typically represented by L. americanus Erxl. and the European L. timidus 

 Linn. Thirty species of the old genus Lepus are enumerated, hut a considerahle pro- 

 portion appear to rest on highly questionable grounds. Dr. Gray enumerates in this 

 paper thirty-nine species of Leporidce alone, of which sixteen arc North American and 

 nth American. The characters of these groups, so far at least as they relate to 

 the North American species, are those developed by Professor Baird in his excellent 

 elaboration of this family. 



* Species marked with the asterisk are very sparsely represented; among the Car- 

 nivora most of those thus distinguished have become nearly exterminated. 



