554 PETEES, THE MAMMALS, &C. OF E. GREENLAND. 



§111. 



East Greenland, &o. 



LXXXVII.— The Mammals and Fishes of East Green- 

 land. By Dr. W. Peters. 1874. [("Die zweite 

 deutsche Nordpolarfahrt/' "^ fee, vol. ii. pp. 157-174, 

 2 pis.) 



These Lists are extracted without the synonyms and descriptions 

 given by Dr. Peters. 



A. MAMMALIA. 

 Ferae. 



1. Ursus (Thalassarctos) maritimus, Lin. Ice Bear, 



2. Mustela (Putorius) erminea, Lin., var. Putorius novae- 



boracensis, De Kay. Ermine. 



3. Canis (Vulpes) lagopus, Lin. Polar Fox. Ice Fox. Rock 



Fox. 



Finnipedia. 



4. Odobasnus rosmarus, Lin. Walrus (PI. I, fig. 1, 2). All 



along the coast, especially at Sabine and Walrus 

 Islands. In the stomachs of some were 500 or 600 of 

 the animals of Mya truncata without the shells. The 

 young Walrus remains two years with its mother, until 

 its tusks are grown long enough to be used in grub- 

 bing up the shell-mud at the sea-bottom. 



5. Phoca groenlandica, Miiller. Greenland Seal, Sadler, 



The stomachs of some contained remains of Crusta- 

 ceans and Fish ; others had only Crustacea ( Gam- 

 marus arcticus and Themisto), 



6. Phoca barbata, Miiller. Bearded Seal. 



7. Cystophora cristata, Exleben. Hooded Seal. 



Glires. 



8. Myodes torquatus, Pallas. Lemming. 



9. Lepus glacialis, Leach. Polar Hare (PI. IL, fig. 1). 



Fecora. 



10. Cervus tarandus, Lin. Reindeer. From Kuhn Isl. on 



the N. down to the bottom of the Fjord (Franz- 

 Joseph), and on Sabine Island, Reindeer seen in 

 herds of 20 or less ; most numerous in the southern 



* Die zweite deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in den Jahren 1869 und 1870unter 

 Fuhrung des Kapitan Karl Koldewey. Herausgegeben von dem Verein fiir 

 die deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in Bremen: zwei Bande. — Zweiter Band. Wissen- 

 schaftliche Ergebnisse. Mit 31 Tafein und 3 Karten. Erste Abtheiluug 

 (Botanik und Zoologie). 8vo., Leipzig. 1874. Dr. A. Pansch's "Anthro- 

 pologic," p. 144, is not here noted, that subject coming within the scope of the 

 lloyul Gcograph. Society's Manual. The Birds (pp. 178-239) are included 

 in Prof. Newton's Catalogue, above, p. 94. 



