PEEFACE. 



This Catalogue contains an account of all the specimens of Car- 

 nivorous, Thick-skinned, and Edentate Mammalia and their bones 

 that are contained in the British Museum, and a description of the 

 specimens which are contained in other collections, in order to 

 show what are the species which are desiderata in the Museum 

 Collection. 



The woodcuts are the same as were prepared to illustrate the 

 series of papers when they were first published in the * Proceedings 

 of the Zoological Society,' which have been kindly lent by the 

 Council of the Society for the purpose. 



JOHN EDWARD GRAY. 



British Museum, 

 February lith, 1869. 



