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INDEX 
Lemming, 478 
Lemur, 541; L. catta, 542; L. leucomys- 
tax, 542; L. macaco, 542; L. niger- 
rimus, 542; L. rufipes, 542 ; L. varius, 
12, 542 
Lemur, Gentle, 540 
Lemuridae, 538 
Lemuroidea, 534 
Leopard, 395 ; Snow, 396; Hunting, 400 
Lepilemur, 540; L. mustelinus, 540 
Leporidae, 502 
Leptarctus, 431 ; L. primaevus, 431 
Leptauchenia, 331 
Leptomeryx, 284 
Leptonyx, 453 ; L. weddelli, 453 
Lepus, 502; L. americanus, 504; LZ. 
crawshayi, 504; L£. euniculus, 502 ; 
brain of, 77; L. ewropaeus, 504; LL. 
timidus, 504; L. whytei, 504 
Lestodon, 183 
Limacomys, 476 
Limnofelis, 456 
Limnogale, 512; L. mergulus, 513 
Linsang, 406 
Lion, 393 
Liponyz, 526 
Listriodon, 279 
Lithocranius, 318 
Litopterna, 267 
Liver, 64 
Loncheres, 489 ; L. quianae, 489 
Lophiodon, 250 
Lophiodontidae, 247 
Lophiomys, 476 ; L. imhausi, 476 
Lophodont teeth, definition of, 51 
Lophotragus michianus, 294 n. 
Lophuromys, 472 
Loris, 23, 547; L. gracilis, 547 
Lungs, 69 
Lutra, 440 ; L. vulgaris, 441 
Iycaon, 416; L. anglicus, 
pictus, 416 
Lycyaena, 413 
Lyncodon, 437 ; 
Lynx, 397 
Lytta, a rod formed of connective tissue 
within the tongue, 416 
4165. 2. 
L. luganensis, 437 
Macacus, 563; M. cynomolgus, 564; M. 
inuus, 563; M. leoninus, 564: WM. 
nemestrinus, 564 ; M. priscus, 569; M. 
rhesus, 564; M. silenus, 564; MM. 
sinicus, 564; M. speciosus, 564; M. 
tcheliensis, 563, 564 
Machaerodontidae, 401 
Machaerodus, 402; M. palmidens, 402 
Macleayius, 358 
Macrauchenia, 267 
Macraucheniidae, 267 
Macroglossus, 526 
Macropodidae, 129 
Macropodinae, 131, 132 
Macropus, 132; M. brunii, 
giganteus, 132; M. irma, 
rufus, 132 
Macrorhinus, 453 ; M. leoninus, 454 
Macroscelidae, 515 
Macroscelides, 515 
Macrotherium, 211 
Malacomys, 47.2 
Malacothrix, 476 
Mammals, position in Vertebrate series, 1 ; 
characters of, 3; coloration of, 10, 11 ; 
Reptilian ancestors of, 90; earliest 
known forms, 96 
Mammoth, 226 
Man, 585 
Manatee, 335 
Manatus, 335 ; M. inunguis, 336 
Mandrill, 566 
Mangabeys,. 564 
Manidae, 188 
Manis, 188; M. gigantea, 
macrura, 253; M. tricuspis, 3 
Manteoceras, 267 
Marine Mammals ; see Sirenia, Cetacea 
Marinosa, 156 
Marmoset, 556 
Marmot, 465 ; Prairie-, 465 
Marsupial Mole, 159 
Marsupials, 122 ; imperfectly born young 
of, 124 
Marsupium or Pouch, 14 ; of Monotremata, 
15 ; of Marsupials, 17 ; rudiments of, 
in higher Mammals, 23, 18 
Marten, 435 
Massoutiera, 490 
Mastacomys, 473 
Mastodon, 230 
Meerkat, 410, 411 
Megachiroptera, 524 f. 
Megaderma, 528; M.lyra, 528 
Megaladapididae, 554 
Megaladapis insignis, 554; M. madagas- 
cartensis, 554. 
Megaloglossus, 526 
Megalomys, 480 
Megalonychidae, 183 
Megalonyz, 183 
Megamys, 506 
Meganeuron kreffti, 366 
Meguptera, 356; M. capensis, 357; M. 
indica, 357; M. lalandwi, 357; M. 
longimana, 357 
Megatherium, 183 
Meles, 482; M. anakuma, 
taxus, 432 
Mellivora, 437; M. capensis, 438 
Melonycteris, 526 
Melursus, 443; M. labiatus, 443 
Meniscoessus, 101 
Meniscotherium, 203 
Menodus, 264 
Mephitis, 439 
133; MM. 
1338 ; M. 
19055) ME 
432n.; M. 
