MAMMALS. 



BY S. F. BAIED. 



In tlie following pages it is proposed to present a few points in reference to the species of 

 mammals collected in Cliile, by Lieut. Gilliss, and to add a list of all the species which have 

 been noticed in that country. Tliis enumeration as to the species will not- he materially 

 diiferent from tliat of Gay, from whose work, indeed, a large number of species have been 

 derived. Some variations of synonymy and of systematic arrangement are believed to be called 

 for by the present state of science. 



Chile has been explored to a greater or less extent by naturalists of many nations, some of 

 whom have merely touched at the seaports, while voyaging in connexion with cruises of scien- 

 tific expeditions, otliers again spending a considerable time within its limits. The records of 

 nearly all exploring expeditions, therefore, show evidence of such visits, while the transactions 

 of many societies, as well as numerous special monographs, have carefully to be searched by 

 those who wish to be posted up in the natural productions of this great South American republic. 

 Among those whose writings have more or less reference to the natural history of Chile, are 

 Molina, Kittlitz, Meyen, Darwin, Dana, Peale, Gould, Tschudi, von Bibra, Bridges, Water- 

 house, Hartlaub, Cuming, Philippi, and a number of others. To the enterpris,e of M. Claude 

 Gay, however, we are indebted for the most systematic and complete work on the general natu- 

 ral history of Chile, embracing a full record of what was already known, witli many additional 

 details, published for the first time by him. It was scarcely to be expected, therefore, that 

 Lieut. Gilliss would be able to add new species to the natural history of the State, especially in 

 view of the fact that his mission was especially an astronomical one, giving but little time for 

 attention to anything else. The records of the present volume, however, show that he was 

 quite successful in obtaining new species of birds, reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, and fossils, and of 

 adding greatly to our knowledge of the distribution of species. The collections made by him, 

 indeed, embrace all branches of natural history, in some of which they are very full. 



FELIS CONCOLOE, L. 



Felis concolor, L. Mantissa, 1871, 522, PI. ii. 



Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 79, 9. 



Fischer, Synopsis Mamm. 1829, 197. 



Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. II, 1840, 467. 



ScHiNZ, Syn. Mamm. I, 1844, 428. 



Gay, Hist. Chile, Zoologia, I, 1847, 65. 



AuD. & Bach. N. Am. Quadrupeds, II, 1851, 305, PI. xcvi, xcvii. 



BuRMEisTER, Thierc Brasiliens, Mamm. I, 1854, 88. 

 Fdis discolor, Schreb. Satigt. Tab. 104. 



Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 79. 

 Felis puma, Shaw, Gen. Zool. 1, 1800, 358, PI. Ixxxix. 



Traill, in Mem. Wern. Soc. IV, 2. 

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