80 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 45 



Statement oj accessions 



Summary 



Animals on hand July 1, 1944 2,435 



Accessions during the year 1, 042 



Total number of animals in collection during the year 3,477 



Removals for various reasons such as death, exchanges, or return of ani- 

 mals on deposit 854 



In collection on June 30, 1945 



Status of collection 



2,023 



A list of the animals in the collection follows 



ANIMALS IN THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, JUNE 30, 1945 



MAMMALS 

 MARSUPIALIA 



Didelphiidae: 



Didelphis virginiana Opossum 3 



Phalangeridae: 



Petaurus breviceps Lesser flying phalanger 2 



Petaurus norfolcensis Australian flying phalanger 2 



Macropodidae: 



Dendrolagus inustus New Guinea tree kangaroo 2 



Dendrolagus inustus finschi Finsche's tree kangaroo 3 



Macropus major Great gray kangaroo 1 



Thylogale eugenii Dama wallaby 3 



Wallabia dorsalis Black-striped wallaby 1 



Phascolomyidae : 



Vombatus ur sinus Flinders Island wombat 1 



1NSECTIVORA 



Soricidae: 



Blarino brevicauda Short-tailed shrew 



Scalopus aquaticus Mole 



