74 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1944 
Statement of accessions 
Am- é In- 
A Mam- : Rep- F - Arach- 
How acquired Birds ; phib- Fishes . verte- | Total 
mals tiles iavis nids brates 
‘PYOSented =~ === 3s ese eee eee 67 85 122 28 14 1 1 318 
Born or hatched_------- see 73 180 1 5) ee a SO | Fa TSG ES (i eel Ee eee 379 
Received in exchange-_.------ 6 41 34 14).) 2 se SS oe sooes |e 95 
Purchased: ias ease ey 15 23 4 Bit (ee ee EEE SO eee eee 77 
Oni dopositas {ye ese ees 23 9 25) 22 | Bee oceans | eee 57 
Collected in the Park__.----- Dall sec oe he ee ae eee 1 
i Wye) 1) eee re ry Ee 185 338 311 77 14 1 at 927 
Summary 
Animals! on hand Yduly id (31943 ee ee ee ee eee 2, 435 
Accessions during the year 222- 2) 2 a ee een 927 
Total animals. in collection during year... 224") 2.2 3, 362 
Removals from collection by death, exchange, and return of animals on 
GEMOSit eee ee Ue 2 A ee ne ees 736 
Balers U Cero} ober fbb a\ewirs Oa kOe bs lle ee ee ne ee ea 2, 626 
Status of collection 
Species . Species Soras 
Olass and sub- anelsid Class and sub- nae 
species een species 
Mammanist:222 ha) eee tes 210 677-|\| Arachnids: 222) -25-2ss=- esse" 2 5 
Brae ieee: be 312 909 TISBCES (ae sete eee 1 100 
Reptiles._____- PCs cota 114 447 | 
Amphibians! -2225 2522220 ee 20 120 ‘Total: su sete eee es 096 2, 626 
Wishesh = ae oe ee 37 368 
A list of the animals in the collection follows: 
ANIMALS IN THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK JUNE 30, 1944 
MAMMALS 
MARSUPIALIA 
Scientific name Common name Number 
Didelphiidae: 
Didelphis virginiana_____----------- Oposstmi fh tee ies ee 4 
Phalangeridae: 
Retaurus treviceps= == Lesser flying phalanger________-__ 2 
Petaurus norfolcensis__-_____---___— Australian flying phalanger_______ 2 
Trichosurus vulpecula________-__--- Vulpine or brush-tailed opossum__ 1 
Macropodidae: 
Dendrolagus inustus____----------~- New Guinea tree kangaroo__-__-_~ 2 
Dendrolagus inustus finschi__-_------~ Finsche’s tree kangaroo_____-_-_ may sty i fe 
MCCTODILS: ANI OT So oe ee eee Great gray kangaroo_____---_~--- 1 
Thylogate eugenit== eee ee Dama wallaby:-222-222222) === 5 
Phascolomyidae: 
VOnvatus Ursinuss 822 ee Flinders Island wombat__-_------ 1 
