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INDEX. 



Mus tectorum, 178 



■ list of species of, 359 



Muscardinus, 255 



species of, 352 



Musk deer, 161 



ox, 139 



rat, 265 



Mustela lutreola, 115 



vison, 1 1 5 



list of species of, 327 



MusteUdes, 113 



list of species of, 327 



Mycetes, 78 



list of species of, 322 



Mydaus, 115 



list of species of, 328 



Mylodon, 220 



species of, 341 



Myodes Hudsonius, 269 



list of species of, 357 



Myogale, list of species of, 344 

 Myoictes, 288 



species of, 363 



Myopotamus, species of, 350 

 Myosinus, 255 



list of species of, 352 



Myoxoinys, species of, 3 58 

 MjTiiarctos, 119 



species of, 330 



MjTmecobius fasciatus, 290 



species of, 364 



Myrmecopbaga, 227 



list of species of, 342 



Mysarachne, species of, 344 

 Mystasina, species of, 347 

 Wystromys, species of, 361 

 Narwhal, 213 

 Nasicomia, 171 

 Nnsiia, 122 



list of species of, 329 



Natalus, species of, 347 

 Nebraska beds, a chief line of 

 separation in N. America, 



313 



deposits, 92 



Negritos, 60, 62 



Negro languages, 61 



clucking sound in, 61 



Nelomys, species of, 351 



Nemorhadus, list of species of, 

 332 



Neotoma, 274 



list of species of, 358 



Nepal, mammals of, 387 



Nesodon, 168 



species of, 338 



Nesodontidffi, 168 



species of, 338 



New Guinea and Australiiui con- 

 tinent, 59 



coast, character of, 97 



mammals of, 379 



province, 311 



New Hebrides part of the New 

 Guinea province, 311 



New HoUaud in Em'ope, 23 



New South Wales, 291 



and south-east const of 



Australia, mammals of, 381 



fauna of, 291 



New World mice, 274 



New Zealand, mammals of, 379 



possible otter in, 114 



rat, 280 



Nicobar Islands, mammals of, 

 383 



Nile district, mammals of, 391 



Noctilio, species of, 347 

 Non-rurainants, 164 

 North Africa, mammals of, 390 

 North America, Barren Grounds, 

 mammals of, 398 



its boundaries and de- 

 pendencies, 312 



chief lines of separation 



of east from west, 3 1 3 

 flora of, 44 



life in, dui-ing glacial 



epoch, 43 



longitudinal di\4sious of, 



3'3 



Mackenzie Eiver district, 



mammals of, 398 



mammals of, 397 



• north-east of, mammals 



of, 397 



north-west of, mammals 



of. 400 



point of separation from 



South America, 313 



repeopliug of, after gla- 

 cial epoch, 43 



United States of, mam- 

 mals of, 399 



North .\mericau province, 312 



races, 56 



Northeast of North America, 

 mammals of, 397, 398 



North Georgian Islands, mam- 

 mals of, 365 



North-west of North America, 

 mammals of, 400 



Nototherium, 289 



■ species of, 363 



Nova Zenibla, mammals of, 

 365 



Nycteris, list of species of, 346 



Nyoticebus, list of species of, 



Nyctieejus, list of species of, 



349 

 Nyctiellus, species of, 347 

 Nyctipithecus, 79 



list of species of, 322 



Nyctonomus, list of species of, 



347 

 Nyctophilus, list of species of, 



346 

 Objections to Darwin's theory 



of species, 5 

 Oceanic islands, peopling of, 



17, 20 

 preponderance of arboreal 



vegetation in, 22 



in Polynesia, submergence 



of, 25 

 Ocelots, loi 



Ochotherium, species of, 341 

 Octodon, species of, 350 

 Octodontina, 246 



list of species of, 350 



Q5ningen fossiliferous beds, 30 

 OUl-World mice, 276 

 Ommatophoca, list of species of, 



330 

 Onychogalea, 290 

 Onychomys, species of, 358 

 Opossums, 286 

 Oreudon, 163 



species of, 331 



OreotragUB, 147 



list of species of, 333 



Orij^in of species, 4 

 Orkney, mammals of, 366 



Ornithorhynchus, 293, 294 



species of, 364 



Oromys, species of, 355 

 Orycteropus, 227 



species of, 342 



Orycterotherium, species of, 341 

 Ory.K, 147 



list of species of, 333 



Oryzomis, species of, 358 

 Osmotectes, 122 

 Osphranter, 289 

 Otaria, species of, 331 

 Otocyon, siiecies of, 326 

 Otogale, list of species of, 323 

 Otolemur, list of species of, 323 

 Otorays, species of, 361 

 Otospermojjhilus, 260 

 Otters, 113 

 Ounce, 99 

 Om'aug-outang, 76 

 Outer Hebrides, mammals of, 



367 

 Ovibos, 139 

 Ovis, 143 



montana, 143, 144 



nivicola, ib. 



Sibirica, 145 



list of species of, 332 



On en. Professor, classification 



of mammals, 51, 316 



explanation of teleological 



purposes of the marsupial 

 structure, 285 



view of special faunas, 9 



Dr., geological survey of 



Wisconsin, 92 



Oxen, 139 



Oxymycterus, list of species of, 



3*59 

 Paca, 138 



Pachynolophus, 167 

 Pachytherium, species of, 342 

 Pacific Continent, submergence 



of, 25 

 Pagophilus, species of, 330 

 Palffiochajrus, species of, 337 

 Pahvocyon. 85 



list of species of, 329 



Paleomephitis, species of, 329 

 PaliBomeryx, list of species of, 



336 

 Palseonictis, species of, 326 

 Paheospalax, species of, 343 

 Palfeotheridffi, 167 



list of species of, 337 



I'ala30therium, 147 



list of species of. 337 



Palffiozoio epoch, clianges of 



species in, 11 

 Palgrave, Mr., letter from, un 



relations of Arabia, 41 1 

 Panama, some mammals 0^405 

 point of separation between 



North and South America, 313 

 Papua, mammals of, 379 

 Papuans, 60, 62 

 Paradoxurus, 104 



list of species of, 325 



Paraguay, mammals of, 406 

 Peat-bogs in Shetland, 40 

 Peccary, 164 



collared, 164 



Pectinator, species of, 355 

 Pectin atorida>, list of sptcies of, 



355 

 Pedctes, 2S2 

 species of, 362 



Peragalefl, species of, 364 

 Perameles, list of species of, 364 

 Peramelidffi, 290 



species of, 364 



Perodicticus, list of species of, 



323 

 Perognathus, 272 



list of species of, 357 



Peru, mammals of, 405 



number of species of dif- 



fereut families represented in. 



405 

 Petaurus, 53, 288 



list of species of, 363 



Peters' classification of insecti- 



vora, 319 

 Petrogale, 289 

 Petromys typicus, 247 



species of, 350 



Phacochajrus, 164 



species of, 336 



Phalangers, 287 

 Phalangista, 287 



vulpina, 287,291 



list of species of, 363 



Phascogale, 286 



list of species of, 362 



Phascolarctos, species of, 363 

 Phascolomys, 288 



list of species of, 363 



Phascolotherium, 283 



species of, 363 



Philippine Islands, mammals of, 



377 

 Phlajomys, species of, 361 

 Phoca annellata, 126 



Caspica, ib. 



foetida, ib. 



leonina, 125 



vituliaa, 126 



list of species of, 330 



Phocania, species of, 340 

 Phocidie, 123 



Phocodon, species of, 330, 341 

 Phyllodia, species of, 346 

 Phyllonycteris, species of, 347 

 Phyllophora, species of, 346 

 Phyllostoma, list of species of, 



ib. 

 Phyllorhiua, list of species of, 



345 



Physaius, 209 



Physeter macroceplialus, 210 



species of, 340 



Pikas, 251 



Pithecia, 78 



list of species of, 322 



Plagiaulax, species of, 364 



Plagiodonta, species of, 350 



Plan of work, i 



Plants, regional distribution of. 

 299 



Platacanthomys, 255 



species of, 361 



Platanista, 213 



hypothesis to account for 



their origin, 213 



species of, 341 



Plato's story of tie miocene At- 

 lantis, 33 



Platycerus, list ofspeciesof, 334 



Platygonus, species of, 336 



Platyrrhine monkeys, 78 



Platyrrhini, list of species of, 

 321 



Plesiarctomys, 255 



species of, 355 



