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Lataste (Fernand). [1881] 



Author of many papers on small Mammals, especially those of Algeria 

 and Tunis. 



16 Mammals from Algeria, including typical specimens of Dijpodillm 

 simoni, Lat., Psammomys roudairei, Lat., and others. 



La Touche (J. D.). [1892] 



98 Mammals from Foochow and Fo Kien, China, and from Formosa, 

 including the type of Mus latouchei. (Sec Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1898, p. 769.) Presented or purchased. 



Leigh (J. H.). [1901] 



16 Mammals from Egypt. Presented. 



Leverian Museum. 



But few specimens remain that can be identified as having come from 

 the Museum of Sir Ashton Lever, of which Dr. Shaw wrote a catalogue 

 in 1792. 



A pair of horns of the Elk, figured in Plate VIII. of that work, is 

 still in the collection. 



Leyden Museum. [1842] 



171 Mammals from the East Indian Archipelago, Japan and elsewhere. 

 Purchased of Leadbeater and Frank, dealers who acted as agents for the 

 Leyden Museum. 



These specimens formed part of the material on which the valuable 

 works by Miiller, Schlegel, and Temminck were based, and may there- 

 fore be considered co-types of species described by those authors. 



Lidth de Jeude (Dr. Tn. G. van), of Utrecht [1858] 



A few stuffed Mammals, a large number in preserving fluid, and over 

 300 skulls and skeletons. Purchased. 



These specimens, being without accurate data, were long supposed to 

 be of little value, but in 1892 it was discovered, mainly from internal 

 evidence, that many of them must have come originally from the 

 collection of Albert Seba, and have been the specimens figured in his 

 folio work, " Locupletissimi Eerum Naturalium Thesauri," of which the 

 first volume, dealing with the Mammals, was published in 1735. Seba's 

 figures were in many instances the bases of names given by Linnseus and 

 other early authors, and it follows therefore that these specimens, where 

 identifiable, are the actual types of the species. Types of the following 

 species are in this way determinable: Pteropus vampyrus, Linn., 

 Chrysochloris asiatica, Linn., Pteropus vampyrus, Linn., Kerivoula j>i<'f<i. 

 Pall., Didelphis philander, murina, and dorsigera, Linn., and D. hn vir 

 caudata, Erxl. (See Thomas, P.Z.S., 1892, p. 309.) Also the skeleton 

 of an immature Ilorqual (Balamoptera sibbahli), the type of PhyscUus 

 latirostris, Flower, P.Z.S., 1865, p. 28. 



Lilford (Thomas Littleton, ith Lord). [1873] 



Mammals from Spain and Italy collected by himself, and others fron. 

 various parts of Europe, obtained at his expense, about 300 in all. 



The late Lord Lilford, though primarily an ornithologist, was always 

 much interested in Mammals and did all in his power to assist their 

 study. Besides collecting himself in early life in Southern Europe, he 

 contributed liberally towards the expenses of other collectors, giving an 

 annual sum for this purpose. The present improved, though still very 

 incomplete, European collection is largely due to his assistance. 



