SECRETARY'S REPORT 119 



ANIMALS IN THE COLLECTION ON JUNE 30, 1964 



MONOTREMATA 



Family and common name Scientific name 'Number 



Tachyglossidae : 



Echidna, or spiny ant- Tachyglossus aculeatus 0. 1 



eater. 



MABSUPIALIA 



Didelphidae : 



Opossum Didelphis marsvpialis virginiana 1. 



Central American Didelpliis marstipialis 1.0 



opossum. 



Phalangeridae : 



Sugar glider Petaurus hreviceps 1. 1 



Squirrel glider Petaurus norfolcensis 1. 2 



Phascolomidae : 



Hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhiniis latifrons 2.0 



Mainland wombat Womhatus hirsutus 0. 1 



Macropodidae : 



Rat kangaroo Potorous sp 2.3 



INSKCTIVORA 



Erinaceidae : 



European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 2.0 



Soricidae : 



Short-tailed shrew Blarina hrevicauda 1 



Talpidae: 



Eastern mole Scalopua aquaticus 1 



CHIBOPTERA 



Pteropodidae : 



Flying fox, or giant Pteropus giganteus 10 



fruit bat. 



PRIMATES 



Lemuridae : 



Ring-tailed lemur Lemur catta 1.2 



Brown lemur Lemur fulvus 1.0 



Lorisidae : 



Tickell's slow loris Nycticeius c. tenasserimensis 0. 1 



Great galago Galago crassicaudatus 1. 1 



Bushbaby Galago senegalensis zansibaricus 2. 



Common potto Perodicticus potto 0. 1 



Cebidae : 



Douroucouli Aotus trivirgatus 2.0 



Red uakari Cacajao ruhicnndis 0. 1 



White-faced saki Pithecia pithecia 0. 1 



Capuchin Cebus capucinus .3. 5 



Weeping capuchin Cebus griseus 1. 



Squirrel monkey Saimiri sdureus 2.3-|-l 



Spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi 1. 5 



Black spider monkey Ateles fusciceps 1.3+2 



Woolly monkey Lagothrix sp 1. 2 



