INDEX 
Meriones, 475 
Mermaids, 337 
Merychyus, 331 
Merycochoerus, 330 
Merycopotamus, 329 ; M. nanus, 329 
Mesohippus, 248 
Mesomys, 489 
Mesonyx, 456 
Mesopithecus pentelict, 569 
Mesoplacentalia, 103 
Mesoplodon, 369; M. bidens, 369; MM. 
europaeus, 369; M. hectori, 369; M. 
layardi, 369 ; M. stejnegeri, 369 
Mesoreodon, 330 : 
Metamynodon, 
skeleton of, 26 
Metatheria, 116 
Microbiotherium, 160 
Microcebus, 544; M. smithii, 564 
Microchiroptera, 526 f. 
Microdipodops, 484 
Microgale, 512; M. longicaudata, 25 
Microlestes, 98 ; M. antiquus, 98 
Microtus, 477; M. agrestis, 477; M. 
amphibius, 477 ; M. glareolus, 477 
Midas, 556; M. bicolor, 557; M. leo- 
ninus, 556; M. nigricollis, 556; M. 
rosalia, 556 ° 
Mimiery, in Bassaricyon, 428 ; in Tupaia, 
511 
Miniopterus, 529 ; M. scheibersi, 529 
Mioclaenidae, 205 
Mioclaenus, 205 
Miohippus, 248 
Miopithecus, 565 
Mizxocebus, 540 ; M. caniceps, 540 
Molar teeth, 51 
Mole, 517 ; sternum of, 31; fore-foot of, 
40; Golden, 515 
Mole Rat, 481 
Molossus, 531 
Monachus, 453 ; M. albiventer, 453 ; M. 
tropicalis, 453 
Mongoose, 409 
Monkeys, 554 f. 
Monodon, 373 ; M. monoceros, 373 
Monophyodonty, definition of, 53 
Monotremata, 105 f. 
Moose, 297, 298 
Moropus, 211 
Morse, 451 
Moschinae, 299 
Moschus, 299 ; M. moschiferus, 299, 300 
Mouflon, 324; Cyprus, 322 
Mouse, 472 ; Pharaoh’s, 409 
Multitubereulata, 98 
Multitubereuly, definition of, 59 
Muntjac, 295 
Muridae, 471 
Mus, 471; M. decumanus, 472; MM. 
musculus, 472 ; M. minutus, 472; MM. 
patius, 472 
264; MM.  planijrons, 
3 
Muscardinus, 470; M. avellanarius, 470 
Musk, 300; Deer, 12, 13, 299 ; Kangaroo, 
138 ; Ox, 327 
Musquash, 477 
Mustela, 435 ; M. foina, 435 ; M. martes, 
435 ; M. putorius (= Putorius foetidus), 
436; M. zibellina, 435 ° 
Mustelidae, 431 
Mycetes, 34, 558 
Mydaus, 433 ; M. meliceps, 433 
Mylodon, 179 ; M. robustus, 179 ; skele- 
ton of, 180 
Mylodontidae, 179 
Myocastor, 489 
Myodes, 478 ; M. lemmus, 478 
Myogale, 518 
Myomorpha, 469 
Myopotamus, 489 
Myoscalops, 481 
Myosorex, 518 
Myoxus, 470; M. glis, 470 
Myrmecobius, 154 ; M. fasciatus, 155 
Myrmecophaga, 166; M. jubuta, 166 ; 
skull of, 167, 168; hand of, 169 ; 
vertebrae of, 163 
Myrmecophagidae, 166 
Mystacoceti, 353 f. 
Myzxopoda, 529 
Nail-tailed Wallaby, 134 
Nails, 14 
Nandinia, 408 
Nannosciurus, 464 
Narwhal, 373 ; “‘horn” of, 49 
Nasalis, 569 
Nasua, 4380; N. nasica, 431; N. rufa, 
430, 431 
Natalus, 529 
Native, Bear, 142; Cat, 152 
Necrodasypus, 164 n. 
Necrogymnura, 510 
Nectogale, 518 ; NV. elegans, 520 
Nectomys, 480 
Nelomys, 488 
Nelsonia, 480 
Nemorrhaedus, 326 ; N. crispus, 326; LN. 
goral, 327 
Neobalaena, 361; N. marginata, 362 
Neojiber, 478 ; N. alleni, 478 
Neogaea, 85 
Neomeris, 374 ; N. phocaenoides, 374 
Neomylodon listai, 181 
Neotoma, 480 
Neotragus pygmaeus, 310 
Nesodon, 215 
Nesokia, 472 
Nesonycteris, 526 
Nesopithecus, 553 ; N. australis, 553 
New Zealand, absence of terrestrial mam- 
mals from, 85 
Nilgai, 316 
| Nimravus, 401 ; VV. gomphodus, 401 
