UPPER MAMMAL GALLERY. 



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exhibit the living members of this group alongside their extinct 

 relatives in the Geological Department and in the central hall. 

 The third bay contains a portion of the series of Gnawing 

 Mammals or Eodents (Hares, Eats, Squirrels, &c.), which also 

 occupy the whole of the adjacent bay. Next in order follow 

 the Seals, Walruses, and Sea-Bears (fig. 37) ; and after these, 

 again, the land Carnivora. Among the former, particular atten- 

 tion may be directed to the gigantic Elephant-Seal (fig. 38) 

 from the Macquarie Islands, presented by the Hon. Walter 



Fig. 39. — The Great Panda {Mluropvx meZanoIeucus). 



Eothschild, and also to the various smaller Southern Seals, 

 obtained during the " Discovery " Expedition, in the same case. 

 Among the land Carnivora, the visitor may specially notice the 

 huge Brown Bear from Alaska, the rare Great Panda (fig. 39) 

 of Eastern Tibet, and the case of Tigers, where both the long- 

 haired Manchurian and the short-coated Indian race are shown. 



Second Floor. 



The portion of the gallery on this floor in the western Upper 



, Uanuni 

 ' Gallery. 



wing of the building open to the public, contains such of the ■"""»»! 



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