INDEX 
Sheep and goats, 251. 
Sheep, Marco Polo’s, 253, 254. 
Sheep, Rocky Mountain or bighorn, 
256. 
Shou, or Thibetan red deer, 312. 
Shrew, elephant, 74. 
Shrew, long-tailed (Sorex persona- 
tus), 70. 
Shrew, short-tailed (Blarina brevi- 
cauda), 69. 
Shrews, superstitions as to, 71. 
Shrewmole, western (Urotrichus 
gibbsi), 70. 
Siamang (Hylobates syndactylus), 21. 
Sifaka lemurs (Propithecus), 51. 
Siffleur or whistler (Arctomys prui- 
nosus), 458. 
Sika deer, 307, 308. 
Sirenia, order of, 400-403. 
Sitatunga or Nakong (Tragelaphus 
Spekei), 272. 
Sivatherium, 292, 298. 
Skunk, eastern (Mephitis mephitica), 
179. 
Skunk, scent glands, 175, 182. 
Skunk, striped (Spilogale), 182. 
Skunk, white-backed or mapurito, 
182. 
Sladang, or Malayan gaur, 240. 
Sloth, three-toed (Bradypus 
dactylus), 473. 
Sloth, two-toed (Cholepus didac- 
iylus), 473. 
Sloths, greenness of hair on, 474. 
Smilodon, a saber-tooth, 87, 88. 
Snow leopard, 130. 
Speech, human, 8. 
Spermophiles and sousliks, 454. 
Spider monkey, or coaita, 41. 
Springbok (Antidorcas euchore), 279. 
Squirrel, Abert’s (Sciurus aberti), 
444. 
Squirrel, Douglas’s (Sciurus doug- 
last), 444. 
tri- 
Squirrel, European (Sciurus vul- 
garis), 443. 
Squirrel, flying (Pteromys volans), 
445, 447. 
Squirrel, Fremont’s (Sciurus fre- 
monti), 444. 
Squirrel, golden-backed = (Callo- 
spermophilus chrysodeirus), 453. 
Squirrel, gray (Sciurus carolinensis), 
442. 
Squirrel, Malabar (Sciurus maxi- 
mus), 445. 
Squirrel, red (Sciurus hudsonius), 
443. 
Squirrels, ground, or Spermophiles, 
452. 
Stegodon, a primitive elephant, 390. 
Steinbok antelope (Nanotragus 
campestris), 281. 
Steinbok, or ibex (Capra ibex), 
260. 
Straw, or pampas, cat, 103. 
Sugar squirrel (Petaurus sciureus), 
503. 
Suina, non-ruminants, 236, 345. 
Superstitions relating to animals, 
24, 30, 36, 51, 55, 62, 67, 71, 76, 
116, 125, 134, 160, 192, 242, 378, 
399, 487. 
Suricate or meerkat, 157. 
Swine family (Suide), 345. 
Taguan or tooan (Petauroides 
volans), 502. 
Tahr (Hemitragus jemlaicus), 262. 
Tail, the prehensile, 38. 
Tait, or long-snouted phalanger, 503. 
Takin, Thibetan (Budorcas taxi- 
color), 262. 
Tamandua assu, 469, 473. 
Tamarao (Bos mindorensis), 243. 
Tapir, American (Tapirus terrestris), 
373- 
Tapir, ancestry of, 371. 
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