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INDEX. 



Bandicoot rat, 229 

 Bands of elevation and depres- 

 sion, 27 

 Banteng, 142 



Ban-en Grounds of North Amer- 

 ica, mammals of, 398 

 Barriers separating species, 17 

 Bassaris astuta, 103 



species of, 325 



Basilosam'us, 216 

 Bathyerges, species of, 357 

 Bats in Oceanic islands, 21 

 Bear-, 1 1 8 



American, 121 



Grizzly, 119 



in Britain, 121 



.— Malayan, 121 



Beaver, 263 



Bed of sea between Shetland 



and European continent, 40 

 Belize, Honduras, and Guate- 

 mala, mammals of, 403 

 Beluga, 213 



Berardius, species of, 341 

 Bettongia, 290 

 Betula alba in Shetland, 40 

 Bhering's Straits, question as to 

 animals crossing it when 

 frozen, 262 

 Bighorn, 143 

 Binturong, 122 



Birds, i-egional distribution of, 

 297 



Sclater's distribution of, 297 



Wallace's distribution of, 



297 

 Bison, 140 

 Black and white races, relative 



rank and age of, 71, 72 

 Black races of man, 56 

 ]31arina, list of species of, 349 

 Blj'th on the rhinoceros, 172 

 Bone breccias, a glacial pheno- 

 menon, 91 

 Bone-caves of Brazil, 90 

 Boreal animals not found be- 

 fore glacial epoch, 1 1 

 Boreal species, retreat and ad- 

 vance of, before ghu'ialcold,39 



unknown pnviouR to gla- 

 cial epoch, 38 



Bornean elephants, whence de- 

 rived, 193 

 Borneo, fauna of, 97 



mammals of, 382 



Bos bombifrons, 141 

 brachyeerus, 141 



frontalis, 142 



gaurns, 142 



grunniens, 141 



longifrons, 142 



primigenius, 142 



Sondaicus, 142 



. taurus, 142 



list of species of, 331 



Botanical regions, 299 

 Bothriodon, species of, 337 

 Bottle-nosed whales, 213 

 Bourbon Isles, mammals of, 395 

 Bovid*, 139 



• list of species of, 331 



BrachjTnys. species of, 355 

 Braehyphylla, species of, 347 

 Brachyteles,lisl of species of, 321 

 Brachyurus, list of species of, 322 

 Bradjijodida?, 220 

 Bi'adypus, list of species of, 341 



Braemar, mammals of, 367 

 Brazil, bone-caves of, 90 



, mammals of, 404 



Brazihau monkeys, ilistribution 



of, 81 

 Bravard, M., 169 

 Brigg's on Hill tribes of India, 67 

 Bristly squirrels, 256 

 Brown races of man, 58 

 Bubalus, 141, 147 



list of species of, 333 



Bufl'alo, 141 



Cape, 141 



Indian, 141 



Burma, mammals of, 385 

 Burmeister on macrauclieuia, 1 69 

 Caiuotherium, 162 



species of, 336 



Cainozoio epoch, changes of 



species in, 11 

 California, mammals of, 401 

 Callithrix, list of species of, 322 

 Callocephalus nummularis, 126 



species of, 330 



Callorhinus, species of, 331 

 Callotus, list of species of, 323 

 Calomys, 275 



list of species of, 359 



Calydonius, species of, 337 

 Camaroim Mountains, mammals 



of. 395 

 Cambodia, mammals of, 384 

 Camel, 137 



Camelida;, list of species of, 331 

 Canielopard, 148 

 Camelopardalis, 148 



list of species of, 334 



CamelopardalidiB, list of species 



of, 334 

 Camelops, species of, 331 

 Camelus, 137 



list of species of, 331 



Canary Isles, mammals of, 396 

 Canida', 105 



• list of species of, 326 



Canis corsac, 1 1 1 



Entrerianus, 108 



jubata, 108 



lupus, 106 



■ Mageilanicus, 108 



Niloticus, III 



velox, 1 1 1 



list of species of, 326 



Cape of Good Hope and Aus- 

 tralia, connexion between, 



71 



mammals of, 394 



Cape buffalo, 141 

 Capra, 145 



list of species of, 332 



Capreolus, list of species of, 335 

 Capridse, 143 



list of species of, 332 



Capromys, species of, 350 

 Capybara, 243 

 Caracal, loi 

 Carcajou, 1 j5 



Carcases frozen, of mammoth, 

 182 



rhinoceros, 174 



Caribou,BaiTenGround,i53,i54, 



155 



-woodland, 153, 154, J55 



Carnivora, 85 



■ affinities of, 8 5 



extinct, 85, 87 



Casterodon. 247 



Casterodon, species of, 351 



Cascade range, chief mountain 

 barrier in N. America, 313 



Castor Canadensis, 264 



fiber, 264 



species of, 356 



Castorini, 263 



list of species of, 356 



Castoroides, 264 



species of. 356 



Cataljrosa ^'ilfoillea, 42 



Catarrhini, list of species of, 320 



Catarrhine monkeys, 76 



Catoblepas, 147 



species of, 333 



Cats, great, 87 



smaller, loi 



Cave lion, 87 



tiger, 87 



Caves, bone, in Brazil, 90 



Cavia, list of species of, 350 



Cavies, 243 



Caviina', list of species of, 350 



Cebidiv, 78 



Cebus, 78 



list of species of, 322 



Celebes, mammals of, 377 



Centetes, species of, 344 



Ceutetida;, list of species of, 344 



(I'entre of gravity of earth, ques- 

 tion whether disturbed by ele- 

 vation and depression of 

 mountains, 50 



question whether disturbed 



by weight of ice in glacial 

 epoch, 49 

 Centurio, list of species of, 346 

 Cephalolophus, 147 



list of species of, 333 



Cercocebus.list of species of, 321 

 Cercolabes, 248 



list of species of, 351 



Cercoleptes candivolvulns, 122 



list of species of, 329 



Cercomys, species of, 350 

 Cercoirithecus, 77 



list of species of, 321 



Cervidffi, 149 



list of species of, 334 



Cervus alces, 1 50 



capreolus, 160 



dama. 150 



elaphus, 159 



megaceros, 149 



tarandus, 150 



list of existing species of, 



334 . . „ 

 extinct species ot, 334 



Cetacea, 205 



Oetolites, 206 



Ceylon, mammals of, 388 



Chffiromorus, species of, 337 



Chtetomys, species of, 351 



Chalicotherium, 162 



• species of, 336 



Change of condition cause of 



origin of new species, 7 

 Change of species, effect of heat 



of earth on, 11 

 Changes of mineral matter, 8 



in species in paUeozoic, 



mesozoic, and cainozoic time, 

 1 1 



on animals and plants ef- 

 fected by hybridization, 7 



on species introdiu'ed to 



AVest Africa, 8 



Chaus, 1 01 



Cheetah, 100 



Cheilonycteris, list of species of, 



346 

 Cheirogaleus, list of species of, 



3^3 . . ^ 



Cheirorayina, species 01, 323 

 Cheiromys, 83 



species of, 323 



Cheiroptera, list of species of, 



entomophaga, list of species 



of, 345 

 frugivora, list of species of, 



gyranorhinte, list of species 



of' 347 



islioiihora, list oi species 



of, 345 

 Chevrotains, 161, 162 

 Chili, mammals of, 406 

 Chinchilla, 245 



species of, 3 50 



Chinchillinie, list of species of, 



35° 

 China (Amoy), mammals of, 376 



(Chusan), mammals of, 376 



Chironectes, 287 



species of, 363 



Chittagoug, mammals of, 385 

 Chlamydophorus, 227 



■ species of, 342 



Chlamydotheriuiu, species of, 



342 

 Chceronyctens, 346 

 Chojropotamus, 165 



species of, 337 



ChaTopsis Liberieiisis, 165 



species of, 337 



CUoeropus castanotis, 290 



species of, 364 



Choloepus, Ust of species of, 341 

 Chrysoehloris, 230 



list of species of, 342 



Chrysothrix, list of species of, 



322 

 Chusan, mammals of, 376 

 Civet cats, 103 



Cladobates, list of species of, 344 

 Classification adopted in this 

 work, I 



of insectivora, Peters', 319 



Porael's, 319 



Wagner's, 319 



of mammals, different sys- 

 tems proposed, 315 



Cuvier's first system, 315 



Giebel's, 316 



Milne-Edwards', 315 



Owen's, 316 



A'an der Hoeven's, 315 



Claussen's observation on age 



of bone-caves in Brazil, 90 

 CUmate after glacial epoch, 44 



of Europe, past and pre- 

 sent, 88 



Clucking sound in negro lan- 

 guage, 61 

 Coati, 122 



Cochin China, mammals of, 3S4 

 Ca<logenys, species of, 351 

 Ccelodon, species of, 341 

 Cold unknown previous to gla- 

 cial epoch, 38 

 Colobus, list of species of, 321 

 Condylura, 231 

 list of species of. 341 



