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Merriam, 0. Hart, Preliminary Descriptions of four new Mammals from Sou- 

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Lepus Orizahae, Sciurus Nelsoni, Thomomys Orizahae, Th. jjeref/rmus. 



Osborn, H. F., The Rise of the Mammalia in North America. II. in : Nature, 

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Trituberculism is primitive; the haplodont form is the oldest and nearest the 

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 Breaks and links in the Mesozoic Fauna. Ancient and Modern Placental Diffe- 

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BLükenthal, W., Vergleichend-anatomische und entwicklungsgeschichtliche Un- 

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Möbius, K., Über den Fang und die Verwerthung der Walfische in Japan, in : 

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Nach einem zweibändigen japanesischen Werke, aus welchem 9 Abbildungen 

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 ptera hoops Fabr., Balaenoptera Sibbaldi Gray. 



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Zwischen Hunden und in der Gefangenschaft aufgezogenen Füchsen schwindet die 

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Allen, J. A. , Description of a new species of Geomys from Costa Rica [(?. 

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 31. fuscipes ana pitlcher, both from East Africa. 



Chapman , Frank M., Description of two new races of Mammals from Florida, 

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Scalops aquaticus australis subsp. n., Sitomys niveiventris subgriseus subsp. n. 



Merriam, 0. Hart, Descriptions of eight new Ground Squirrels of the Genera 

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SperrnopJiilus 2 n. sp., n. subsp.; Tamias 3 n. sp. — Sp. Nelsoni, perotensis, 

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The Yellow Bear of Louisiana^ Ursus luteoliis Griffith, ibid. p. 147 — 1 52. 



Originally described as species , then treated as variety of the American Black 

 Bear by Griff ith himself; is a valid species by craniological and dental cha- 

 racters. 



