Specimens of mammals ift the Biological Survey collectio n 



' January 1 , 1940 



This list doe? not include any specimens collected outside of Forth and 

 Middle .America and the West Indies, nor any, alcoholic specimens, all of these, 

 together with nearly all of the pinnipeds, having "been transferred to the 

 United States National Museum collection proper. 



M ar supi al i a ( opo s sum s ) : 

 Di del-phi idae .... 



523 



Insectivora (moles, shrews): 



Talpidae 989 



Soricidac 6,565 



Total 



Rodent i a (squirrels,' pocket 



gophers, mice, rats, etc.): 



7,554 



Chiroptera ("bats): 

 Sm "bal lonur idae. . 

 Kbctilionidae . . 

 Phyllostomidae. . 

 Desmodontidae . . 

 U&talidae . . . . 



Vespertilionidae. 

 Molossidae. ..... 



Unidentified. . . 

 Total 



62 

 10 



540 



64 



47 



1,622 



463 

 62 



Garni vora (flesh-eating mam- 

 mals, including "bears, 

 v/ easels, wolves, cat 

 etc. ) : 

 Ursidae. . 

 Procyonidae 



Bassariscid 

 Must el idae 

 Viverridae 

 Canidae. . 

 Pelidae. . 

 Total. . 



PC 



Pinniped! a (walruses 

 Otariida.e. . . . 



2,647 



se 



als) : 



3,870 



3,205 



781 

 165 



6,894 

 4 



6,412 



20,108 



Sciuridae. . 

 G-eomyidae. . 

 Heteromyidae 

 Castoridae . 

 Cricetidae . 

 Muridae. . . 

 Aplodontiidae 

 Zapodidae. . 

 Br ethi zontidae 

 Enchimyidae. 

 Lasyproctidae 

 Cuniculidae. 

 Hydrochoeridae 

 Total. . . 



22,187 



8,056 



11,358 



300 



51,454 



655 



264 



1,411 



958 



57 



55 



26 



6 



96,787 



Lagomorpha (hares, rabbits, 



pikas): 

 Ochotonidae . . . 824 



Leporidae ... . 4,873 



Total 5,697 



Artiodactyla (even-toed 



hoofed mammals, including 

 pigs, deer, oxen, etc.): 

 Tayassuidae. ... 86 



Cervida.c ..... 1,165 

 Antilocaprid ae . . 106 



Bovidae 512 



Total 1,869 



/ 



IPerissodactyla (tapirs, horses^; 

 2i Tapiridae 9 



Pr imat e s (Mo nkey s ) : 

 Callitrichidae . 

 Alouattidae. . . 

 Aotidae. . . . . 



Cebidae 



Total 



11 



38 

 10 

 63 



122 



Xenarthra (edentates): 



Bradypodidae ... 5 



Choloepodidae. . . 3 



My rm e c o ph agi dae . . 24 

 Dasypodidae. ... 40 

 Total 



72 



Grand total for the entire mammal collection 136,613 



