FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 71 



During the past two years the collection of rodents has been 

 steadily growing in importance. The following is a list of the 

 species on exhibition at the close of the year 1910 : 



Rodents in the Zoological Park 

 HARES AND RABBITS (LepoHdae) 



Mexican Swamp Rabbit Lepus palustris 



Cotton-Tail Rabbit Lepus palustris mallurus 



Domestic Rabbits, various breeds. (Nursery stock.) 



SQUIRRELS AND MARMOTS {Sciuvidae) 



Thirteen-Lined Spermophile SpermopJiilus 13-lineatus 



Desert Spermophile Spermophilus leucurus 



Richardson Spermophile Spermophilus richardsoni 



Woodchuck Arctomys mo7iax 



Prairie-"Dog" Cynomys ludovicianus 



European Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris 



Mexican Squirrel Sciurus aureogaster 



Central American Squirrel Sciurus variabilis 



Cuban Squirrel Sciurus chrysurus 



Variable Squirrel Sciurus griseo-flavus 



Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 



Black Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis niger 



Fox Squirrel Sciurus ludovicianus 



White-Headed Squirrel Sciurus macrouroides 



Malabar Squirrel Sciurus malabaricus 



Chipmunk Tamias striatus 



African Ground Squirrel Xerus capensis 



Flying Squirrel Sciuropterus volans 



BEAVERS (Castoridae) 

 American Beaver Castor canadensis 



KANGAROO RATS (Heteromyidae) 

 Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys merriami 



POCKET GOPHERS (Geomyidae) 

 Harsh-Coated Pocket Gopher Geomys hispidus 



DORMICE (Gliridae) 



Squirrel-Tailed Dormouse Myoxus glis 



Lesser Dormouse Myoxus dryas 



English Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 



