CATALOG OF TYPE SPECIMENS OF MAMMALS 



Table 1. — Number of type specimens of mammals in the United States National 

 Museum at the end of the year I9^i0, arranged by order and family 



Order and family 



Artiodactyla: 



Antilocapridae.. 



Bovidae 



Cervidae 



H ippopotamidae 



Moschidae 



Suidae 



Tayassuidae 



Tragulidae 



Carnivora: 



Bassariscidae 



Canidae 



Felidae 



Hyaenidae 



Mustelidae 



Procyonidae 



Protelidae 



Ursidac 



Viverridae 



Cetacea: 



Balaenopteridae. 



Delphinidae 



Iniidae 



Kogiidae 



Ziphiidae 



Chiroptera: 



PJmballonuridae. 

 Hipposideridae.- 

 Megadermidae__ 



Molossidae 



Natalidae 



Noctilionidae 



Phyllostomidae. 



Pteropidae 



Rhinolophidae. _ 

 Thyropteridae. - 

 Vespertilionidae. 



Dermoptera: 



Galeopithecidae. 



Htracoidea: 



Procaviidae 



Insectivora: 



Erinaceidae 



Macroscelididae. 

 Nesophontidae.. 



Soricidae 



Talpidae 



Tupaiidae 



Lagomorpha: 



Leporidae 



Ochotonidae 



Number 



of 



types 



3 



41 

 40 

 2 

 1 

 13 

 10 

 40 



62 

 46 



1 

 91 

 34 



1 

 86 

 41 



1 

 15 

 1 

 2 

 5 



9 



7 



6 



24 



7 



1 



56 



25 



11 



1 



81 



10 



2 



3 

 3 

 3 



163 

 17 

 32 



75 

 21 



Order and family 



Marsupialia: 



Caenolestidae 



Didelphiidae 



Phalangeridae 



Perissodactyla: 



Equidae 



Tapiridae 



Pinnipedia: 



Otariidae 



Phocidae 



Primates: 



Alouattidae 



Aotidae 



Callitrichidae 



Cebidae 



Cercopithecidae. _ 



Galagidae 



Hylobatidae 



Lorisidae 



Tarsiidae 



Rodentia: 



Aplodontiidae 



Bathyergidae 



Castoridae 



Chinchillidae 



Cricetidae 



Cuniculidae 



Dasyproctidae 



Dipodidae 



Echimyidae 



Erethizontidae 



Geomy idae 



Graphiuridae 



Heteromyidae 



Hydrochoeridae... 



Hystricidae 



Idiuridae 



Muridae 



M Liscardinidae 



Myocastoridae 



Pedetidae 



Rhizomyidae 



Sciuridae 



Spalacidae 



Thryonomyidae... 

 Zapodidae 



Xenarthra: 



Bradypodidae 



Dasypodidae 



Megalonychidae. _ 

 Myrmecophagidae 



Total 



