66 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



CATALOGUE OF THE MAMMALIA OF CANADA 

 EXCLUSIVE OF THE CETACEA. 



BT J. B. TYRRELL, B.A., F.G.S. 



The preparation of the present catalogue has been under- 

 taken with the view of putting before the naturalists of 

 Canada a short synopsis of the results of what has been done 

 in recording the occurrence of the Mammalia in the Dominion 

 up to tlie present time, and of stirring them up to renewed 

 endeavours to fill in the many gaps which there evidently are 

 in the list as it now stands, especially among the smaller Ro- 

 dents and Insectivores. 



Its synoptical character precludes the necessity of inserting 

 a complete list of synonyms under each species, and those 

 only have been mentioned which can be most readily referred 

 to, or if unknown would be most likely to lead to contusion. 

 The Cree and Saulteaux (Ojibway) names of the different 

 animals have, whenever known, been given, as they will very 

 often facilitate the obtaining of much valuable information 

 from those tribes of Indians. These names have in all cases 

 been obtained by the writer from the Indians themselves, or 

 from half-breeds living with them, and in writing them the 

 vowels have been given the continental sounds. 



The catalogue hns necessarily been to a large extent com- 

 piled, but during the past live years, while travelling in 

 Manitoba and the North- West Territories, I have had the 

 opportunity of making many observations on the distribution 

 of the Mammalia, and the results of these observations have 

 been incorporated throughout. Free use has also been made 

 of the specimens collected for the Geological and Natural 

 History Museum at Ottawa, and several of the officers of the 

 Geological and Natural History Survey have furnished me 



