THE MAMMALS OF THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR 
ISLANDS. 
By Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 
Assistant Curator, Dirisioii of Mammals. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The months of January, February, and March, 1901, were spent by 
Dr. \V. L. Abbott and Mr. C. B. Kloss in oxplorino- tlio Andaman and 
Nicobar Islands. Valuable collections were made in several l)ranches 
of zoology and in anthropology, all of which have been presented to 
the United States National Museum. This paper contains an account 
of the mannnals, of which 170 specimens were secured, chiefly by Dr. 
Abbott, Mr. Kloss having turned his attention more particularly to 
the birds. 
Leaving Victoria Point on December 26, 1900, Dr. Abbott and Mr. 
Kloss proceeded first to the Andamans, where the}^ touched succes- 
sively at Barren Island, Henry Lawrence Island, South Andaman Island, 
North Cinque Island, and Little Andaman Island. Thence they sailed 
to the Nicobars, visiting Car Nicobar, Tillanchong Island, Trinkut 
Island, Kamorta Island, Kachal Island, Nankauri Island, Little Nico- 
l)ar Island, and Great Nicobar Island. 
Except on North Cinque Island, mammals were obtained at ever}' 
locality visited. These represent such a large part of the fauna hith- 
erto known, and, moreover, so many species not before detected, that 
I have extended the scope of this paper to include all of the mammals 
recorded from the Andaman and Nicobar islands. A discussion of 
their mutual relationships and probable origin is given in the summary 
following the systematic list of species. 
Only one general account of the manunals of the Andaman and 
Nicobar Islands has hitherto been published. This was by Blyth,and 
it formed part of the appendix to Mouat's Adventures and Researches 
among the Andaman Islanders (1S63). The remainder of the litera- 
ture of the suV)ject is so scattered that it is almost impossible to bring 
it completely together. The bibliography at the end of the present 
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