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LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF LABRADOR 
By Outram BANGS 
Art Dr. Grenfell’s request I have prepared the following list of 
the mammals of the Labrador peninsula. As I had before written 
a list of the mammals of this region,' it was very simple to compile 
the present one, which is merely the old one corrected and brought 
up to date. 
In this list political divisions of the region are disregarded, and 
the area considered includes the whole Labrador peninsula lying to 
the northward of a line joining the mouth of the river St. Lawrence 
and the foot of James Bay. 
I am able to say very little about the habits of the various forms 
of mammalian life, occurring in the great Labrador peninsula, 
knowing them myself only from museum specimens, but under each 
species or subspecies the distribution, so far as it is known, is given, 
the first reference is cited, and where a form was described from 
Labrador the type locality is mentioned. 
I believe the list to be practically complete; the species are all 
given by the names in current use by the best systematists. 
I trust it may prove of some help to those interested in the biota of 
the great peninsula. 
1. BALA@NA GLACIALIS Bonnat. 
Balena glacialis (Right whale) Bonnat. Tab. Encycl. Céta- 
logil., p. 3. 1789. 
Formerly common on east and south coasts, now nearly exter- 
minated. 
2. BaALa@NA MYSTICETUS Linn. Bow head; Greenland whale. 
Balena mysticetus Linn. Fauna Suecica, Vol. Il, p. 16. 1761. 
Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait, along the edge of the ice. 
3. MEGAPTERA NoposA Bonnat. Humpbacked whale. 
Balena nodosa Bonnat. Tab. Encycl. Cétalogil.,p. 5. 1789. 
Common on south and east coasts. 
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