INDEX. 



41' 



Jamaica, mamtnals of. 402 



Japan, flora of, 44 



mammals of, 376 



Java, mammals of, 383 



Jerboas, 282 



Kangaroos, 289 



Kangaroo rats, 289 



Kangaroos, Tree, 289 



Khasia Hills, maTiimals of, 3S6 



King George's Sound, mammals 

 of, 381 



Kinkajou, 122 



Kitfox, III 



Knox's view of special faunas, 9 



Laccadives and Maldives, mam- 

 mals of, 379 



Lagidium, species of, 350 



Lagomys, 251 



list of species of, 351 



Lagorcbestes, 29( 



Lagostoravs, species of, 350 



Lagothricinse, table of geogra- 

 phical distiibution, 408 



Lagothiix , 78 



• list of species of, 321 



Jjamantin, 199 



Lapland reindeer, 152. 155 



La Plata, mammals of, 407 



Lartet's fourfold division of qua- 

 ternary epoch, 88 



Lasiurus, list of species of, 348 



Latax, list of species of, 327 



Lemmings, 266 



Lemur, list of species of, 322 



Lemuridie, 82 



list of species of, 322 



Leopards, 99 



Lepilemur, list of species of, 

 323 



Leptauchenia, 138 



species of 331 



Leptonyx, species of, 330 



Leptotherium, species of, 332 



Leporidfe, 251 



list of species of, 351 



Lepus, list of species of, 352 



glacialis, 253 



timidus, 251 



— — variabilis. 252 



Lesquereux on miocene flora of 

 Vancouver's Land, 30 



Lion, 93 



.— ^ of Guzerat, 93 



List, synonymicofmammals,32o 



Listriodon, 167 



Litbomys, species of, 360 



Lobodon, species of, 330 



Llama, 13S 



Loncheres, list of species of, 351 



Lonchorhina, species of. 346 



Lophiodon, 167 



— list of species of, 338 

 Loplioslonia, species of, 346 

 Loris, list of species of, 323 

 Loxodon, list of species of, 339 

 Lutra, list of species of, 327 

 Lycalopex, 108 



Lycaon venaticus, 108 

 Lyell, Sir Charles, on special 

 faunas, 9 



on the miocene Atlantis, 



33 

 Lynx. loi 

 Macacus, 77 



list of species of. 321 



Macassar, straits of, 58 

 ■ depth of, 59 



M'Coy, Prof., Researches in 



Australia, 283 

 Machairodus, 89 



list of species of, 323 



MackenzieKiver district of North 



America, mammals of, 398 

 Macrauchenia, 168 



Boliviensis, 139, 169 



Patachonica, 139, 169 



species of, 338 



Macroglossus, species of, 345 

 Macropus, 289 



list of species of, 363 



Macroscelides, list of species of, 



344 

 Macrotherium giganteuni, 219 



species of, 342 



Macrotis, species of, 346 

 Madagascar, 62 



belongs to Africa, 310 



fauna, 83 



geological condition, 29 



mammals of, 394 



Jlalagese, 62 

 Malayan bears, I2i 

 flora, 70 



Peninsula, mammals of, 



384 



Mahays. 58 



Maldives and Laccadives, mam- 

 mals of, 379 



Malmgren on Spitzbergen 

 plants. 42, 156 



Slammalian regions, great and 

 minor, 304 



Mammals, classification of, 51 



. classification of, proposed 



by diflerent authors, 315 



Cuvier's system of classifi- 

 cation of. 315 



Giebel's classification of, 



3.6 



Milne-Edwards' ditto, 315 



Owen's ditto, 316 



Van der Hoeven's ditto, 



3>5 



first appearance of species 



of, in various geological for- 

 mations, 52 



mutual affinities of, 51 



regional distribution of,296 



synonymic list of, 320 



Mammoth, 45, 182, 185 



frozen carcasses of. 182 



monocyclotherian or dicy- 



dotherian, 1S7 



traditions of, 182 



Man, 56 



. Agassiz's view of distribu- 

 tion of man, 63 



black races of, 60 



brown races of, 58 



relative age and rank of 



black and white races, 71, 72 



starting-point of white and 



black races, 72 



white races of, 56 



Man, Isle of, mammals of, 369 



^Manatee, 199 



American, 201 



in Lake Shirwa ? 201 



■ in Lake Tschad, 201 



Manatus australis, 202 



latirostris, 202 



Vogelii. 200 



species of. 339 



Manis, 227 



Manis, list of species of, 342 

 Maps explained, 2 

 Marguine, cave of, 90 

 Marianne Islands, mammals of, 



377 

 Marmosets. 81 

 Marmot, 262 

 Marsupialia, list of species of, 



362 

 Marsupials, 283 



and Rodents, connexion 



between, 54 



equivalent groups of, 52. 53 



low organisation of, 285 



Marsupial structure, teleological 



purposes of, 285 



Martes, list of species of, 328 



Mastodon, 178 



food of, 181 



mired, 181 



Ohioticus. 179 



whether found in Atistra- 



lia, 180 



list of species of, 339 



Maury's theory of the Sargasso 

 Seas, 36 



objection to, 37 



Mauvaises Terres. 9 1 



Mauritius, to what region it be- 

 longs, 308 



mammals of, 395 



^Mediterranean province, 307 



Megaderma, list of species of, 

 346 



Megalonyx, 22 



species of, 341 



Megaptera, 210 



list of species of, 340 



IMegatherium, <tc., after glacial 

 epoch, 45 



characteristic position, 225 



Cuvieri, habits and appear- 

 ance of, 223 



species of, 341 



remains of, in N. America, 



221 



meles, 115 



Anakuma, 1 16 



list of species of, 329 



Mellivora, list of species of, 329 

 Melursus, species of, 330 

 Melville Island flora, 42, 156 

 Mendoza, mammals of, 407 

 Mephitis, 115 



• list of species of, 329 



Jlerycoidodon. species of, 331 

 Merycopotamus, species of, 337 

 Merycotherium, 138 



species of, 331 



Meriones, 281 



list of species of, 361 



Merionides,list of species of, 361 

 i\Iesomys, species of. 351 

 Mesopithecus, species of, 320 

 Mesopotamia, mammals, 375 

 Mesozoic epoch, changes of 



species in, 11 

 Meyen's botanical zones, 300 

 Mexico, fauna of. 313 



mammals of, 401 



Mice, 273 



New World, 274 



Old World, 276 



Vesper, 274 



Microlestes, 283 



species tif, 364 



Microlestidse, species of, 364 



Micromys, species of, 360 

 Microrhynchus, list of species 



of, 323 

 Microtheriiim, 162 



species of, 336 



Middle Europe, mammals of, 373 

 Migrations across ice, 19 



• ■ of seals, 127 



Milne-Edwards' classification ot 



mammals, 315 

 Mineral matter, changes on, 8 

 Miniopterus, species of, 347 

 Miocene Atlantis, 30, 41 



flora of Greenland, 34 



of Iceland, 34 



of North .-Vmerica, 34 



of south of France, 30 



of Switzerland. 30 



genera of plants surviving 



in Azores, &c., 39 



plants svurviving glacial 



epoch in Europe, 43 



Missouri, line of, a chief point 

 of separation between east and 

 west of North America, 313 



tertiary sea, 43 



Missourium, 179 



Mole, 230 



Mole rats, 269 



Molluscs, regional distribution 

 of, 298 



Woodwai-d's distribution of. 



29S 



Monachus, species of, 330 



Mongolian prorince, 307 



Monkeys, American, limits of. So 



anthropoid, 76 



cntarrhini, 76 



platyrrhini, 76 



existing species, 76 



extinct, 73 



relative age and rank nt 



catarrhine and platyrrliine 

 monkeys, 75 



Monodactyla. 132 



list of species of, 331 



Monodon monoceros, 213 



species of, 341 



Monophyllus, speciej of, 346 

 Monotremata, 292,293 

 atBnities of, 294 



list of species of, 364 



relation of edentata to. 2 iS 



Mormoops, species of, 346 

 Morunga, species of, 330 

 Mosambique, mammals of, 393 

 Jloschidie, species of, 335 

 iMoschus, list of species of, 335 



moschifcrus, 161 



Mouilon, 143 

 Mouse, 276 

 Multunguln, 171 

 Muntjac, 149 



Murchison on geological con- 

 dition of .Africa, 28 

 Muridn>, 263 



list of species of, 356 



Murina?, 273 



list of species of, 359 



Mus Alexandrinus, 278 



decumanus, 276 



delicatulus, 53 



giganteus, 278 



islandicus, 274, 278 



musculus, 276 



rattus, 276 



sylvaticus, 266 



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