A REVIEW OF THE PHILIPPINE LAND MMIMALS IN THE 

 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



By N. HOLLISTER, 

 Assistant Curator, Division of Mammals, United States National Museum. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The Philippine mammals in the United States National Museum 

 number 1,454 specimens. This is probably by far the largest collec- 

 tion from the archipelago in any museum. Several papers dealing 

 more or less fully with certain groups or describing new species in the 

 collection have been pubUshed from time to time, but no account 

 of the collection as a whole has ever been printed. Since many 

 unpublished island records of great interest to workers in Philippine 

 mammalogy will be made available by the presentation of a com- 

 plete list of this splendid collection, the following catalogue has been 

 prepared. 



More than two-thirds of the specimens from the islands have been 

 contributed by Dr. Edgar A. Mearns alone, and many others have 

 reached the museum from various collectors solely through his efforts. 

 A small collection of specimens, many of special interest, sent for 

 determination by the Philippine Bureau of Science, is listed in the 

 present report. Material from this source, mostly collected by 

 Richard C. McGregor and A. Celestino, is credited throughout the 

 list by the initials "P. B. S." 



Following is a list of the collectors and a summary of the specimens 

 examined and Usted in the preparation of this report : 



Dr. Edgar A. Mearns 1, 012 



Philippine Bureau of Science 98 



J. B. Steere./ 87 



Dr. Paul Bartsch 57 



Dr. Robert B. Grubbs 35 



George C. Lewis 28 



Dr. Carroll Fox 26 



D. B. Mackie 23 



L. M. McCormick 20 



Wm. D. Carpenter 10 



John Whitehead 10 



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