SECRETARY'S REPORT 



Other purchases of interest were : 



113 



6 lungflshes 



3 cantils 



2 Mexican beaded lizards 



2 olive baboons 



2 South American wood rails 



1 wattled guan 



STATUS OF THE COLLECTION, JUNE 30, 1963 



Class 



Orders 



Families 



Species or 

 subspecies 



Individuals 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles 



Amphibians- 

 Fishes 



Arthropods.. 

 Mollusks 



Total. 



12 

 20 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 1 



47 

 67 

 25 

 10 

 10 

 4 

 1 



238 



343 



192 



25 



23 



4 



1 



646 



1,068 



699 



107 



66 



77 



30 



46 



164 



826 



2,693 



In the following list of mammals, sex is given where known; 1.0 

 indicates one male, 0.1 indicates one female, 1.1 indicates one male and 

 one female, etc. : 



ANIMALS IN THE COLLECTION ON JUNE 30, 1963 



MAMMALS 



MONOTREMATA 

 Family and common name Scienttftc name Number 



Tachyglossidae : 



Echidna, or spiny anteater Tachyglossus aculeatus 0. 1 



MARSUPIALIA 



Didelphidae : 



Opossum Didelphis marsupialis virginiana. 0. 1 



Murine opossum Marmosa sp 0. 1 



Central American opossum Didelphis marsupialis 2. 



Dasyuridae : 



Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii 1. 



Phalangeridae : 



Sugar glider Petaurus hreviceps 1. 1 



Squirrel glider Petaurus norfolcensis 2. 4 



Phascolomidae : 



Hairy-nosed wombat LasiorMnus latifrons 2. 



Mainland wombat Womhatus hirsutus 0. 1 



Macropodidae : 



Tree kangaroo Dendrolagus matscMei 1, 



Rat kangaroo Potorous sp 1.2 



INSECTIVORA 



Erinaceidae : 



European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 2. 1 



African desert hedgehog Paraechinus sp 0. 1 



