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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1961 



enjoyed some measure of success in efforts to add representative species 

 belonging to little-known or absent families. 



The total number of accessions for the year was 1,371. This in- 

 cludes gifts, purchases, exchanges, deposits, births, and hatchings. 

 Several minor species, which are best displayed in large numbers, do 

 not have an individual count, merely being listed as "many." 



STATUS OF THE COLLECTION 



ANIMALS IN THE COLLECTION ON JUNE 30, 1961 

 MAMMALS 



MONOTREMATA 



Family and common name Scientific name 



Tachyglossidae : 



Echidna, or spiny anteater Tacliyglossus aculeatus- 



Numier 

 1 



MARSUPIALIA 



Didelphidae : 



Opossum Didelphis marsupialis— 



Dasyuridae: 



Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii 



Phalangeridae: 



Sugar glider Petaurus breviceps 



Squirrel glider Petaurus norfolcensis— 



Phascoloniidae : 



Hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons^. 



Mainland wombat Wombatus hirsutiis 



Macropodidae : 



Red kangaroo Macropus rufus 



Tree kangaroo Dendrolagus matschici. 



Rat kangaroo Potorous sp 



INSECTIVORA 



Erinaceidae : 



European hedgehog 



Erinaceu8 europaeus. 



