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Pamily VI. Potamogalidte. 



Potamogale. 

 Family VII. Chrysochloridiie. 



Chrysochloris, Calcochloris. 

 Family VIII. Talpidaj. 

 Sub-family 1. Talpina. 



Scalops, Scapanus, Condylara, Talpa. 

 Sub-family 2. Myogalina. 



Urotrichus, Myogale. 

 Family IX. Soricidse. 



Sorex. 



Prof. Mivart's labors in this department are undoubtedly worthy of 

 the highest eulogium. 



FiTZiNGER, 1867-18G9. 



A recent laborer on the several groups of the order is Dr. Leopold J. 

 Fitzinger. In five successive memoirs on the Erinacei,* Macroscelides,t 

 Sorices,! Talp?e,§ and Cladobat?e,|| he passed in review the constitu- 

 ents, so far as known to him, of this group. The author evinced con- 

 siderable knowledge of the older literature respecting the order, but 

 appears to have been almost totally ignorant of what has been writ- 

 ten within late years. Ignoring, too, the principles of scientific zool- 

 ogy, he has disregarded the anatomical characteristics of the animals, 

 and has been influenced in making his combinations into families 

 almost solely by their external features. Thus, (1) in one group (Erina- 

 cei) are combined those genera that are covered with spines or stiffened 

 hairs; (2) in another (Sorices), those of a mouse-like habit; (3) in a third 

 (Talpfe), those whose for6 feet are adapted for digging, and whose form 

 and pelage are correspondingly modified; (4) in a fourth (Macrosce- 

 lides), those which are fitted by elongated hind legs for leaping; (5) and 

 in a fifth and last group are associated arboreal insectivorous ani- 

 mals having a squirrel-like appearance. This is essentially the sequence 

 adopted in his popular zoology, and which apparently he designed not 

 to deviate from in his late memoirs. The several articles have no 

 value, except perhaps as references to the older works in which species 

 have been described, and are in every respect anachronistic. The gen- 

 era recognized or newly introduced are numerous, and are as follows : 



Familie der Igel (Erinacei). 



1. Gatt. Igel (Erinacens). — 4 sp. 



2. Gatt. Stummeligel (Peroechinus). — 2 sp. 



3. Gatt. Halbigel (Hemiechinus). — 15 sp. 



* Fitzinger (L. J.) Die natiirliche Familie der Igel (Erinacei) nach dem gegenwartigen, 

 Stande der Wissenschaft, <Sitz. Math.-Nat. CI. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, (1,)LVI, 844-890 

 1867. 



t Fitzinger (L. J.) tJber die raturliclie Familie der Eohrrussler (Macroscelides) und die 

 derselben angehorigen Arten. <Sitz. Math.-Nat. CI. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, (1,) LVI, 9J4- 

 946, 18G7. 



t Fitzinger (L. J.) Kritisclie Untersnchungen liber die der natiiilichen Famlie der Spitz- 

 mause (Sorices) angehorigen Arten. <^Sitz. Math.-Nat. CI. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, (1,) 

 LVII, viz : 



Abtheilung I, LVII, 121-18). 



Abtheilung II, LVII, 425-514. 



Abtheilung III, LVII, 583-644, 1867. 



§ Fitzinger (L. J.) Die natiirliche Familie der Maiilwiirfe ( Talpce) und ihre Arten, nach 

 kritischen Uutersuchungen. <Sitz. Mat-Nat. CI. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, (1,) LIX, 353-429, 

 1869. 



II Fitzinger (L. J.) Die natiirliche Familie der Spitzhorncheu (Cladobatre). <^Sitz. Math.- 

 Nat. CI. K. Akad. Wiss, Wien, LX, 263-2^9, 1869. 



