Mammalia. 



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Canis. 



(Vulpes) fulvus, D. Red-Fox. 



Virginianus, Gmelin. (cinereo-argentatus, Say and Godman.) Gray-Fox. 



Felis. 



1 concolor, L. Cougar, Panther, Painter or Catamount. 

 Canadensis, Geoffrey. Lynx, or Wild-Cat. 

 Phoca. 



vitulina, L. Common, or hair-Seal. 

 cristata, L. Hooded Seal. 



ORDER II.— RODENTIA. 



Castor. 



1 fiber, L. Beaver. 

 Fiber. 



zibetheeus, L. Musquash. 

 Arvicola. 



1 Pennsylvanica, Ord. Meadow-Mouse. 



Mus. 



decumanus, Pallas. Common Br&vm, or Norway-Rat, Wharf -Rat^ 



Water-Rat. 

 rattus, L. Black-Rat. 

 musculus, L. Mouse. 



*? leucopus, Rafinesque. (agrarias, Godman.) Field Mouse. 

 Gerbillus. 



(Meriones) Canadensis, D. Jumping Mouse. Deer Mouse. 

 Arctomys. 



monax, Gmelin. Woodehuch 

 Sciurus. 



cinereus, L. Cat Squirrel. 



Carolinensis, Gmelin. Gray Squirrel. 



niger, L. Black Squirrel. 



Hudsonius, Gmelin. Chickaree or Red Squirrel. 



(Tamias) striatus, Klein (Lysteri, Ray, and Richardson) Striped or 



Ground SquirreL 

 Pteromys. 



volueella, L. Flying Squirrel. 

 Hystrix. 



pilosus, Catesby. (dorsata L.) Porcupine. 

 Lepus. 



Americanus, Gmelin. Rabbit, or Hare. * 



Virginianus, Harlan, (variabilis, Godman) Varying Hare. 



ORDER III.— RUMINANTIA 



Cervus. 



Virginianus, Gmelin. Common or Fallow Deer. 



ORDER IV.— CETACEA. 



Delphinus. 



Delphis, L. Grampus or Porpus. t 



(Phocsena) gladiator, Lacepede. Killer, Sabre-Jinncd Dolphin, or Sword 

 Fish. 



Balsena. 



mysticetus, L. Common Whale. 



Note.— It is doubtful whether the animals, to the names of which this character (?) is prefixed, do 

 now exist within the limits of Massachusetts : all of them, however, except Mus tela martes, Arvicola 

 Pennsylvanica, and Mus leucopus, undoubtedly once had here a ' local habitation.' 



* This animal is almost universally called a Rabbit, though it is, strickly speaking, a Hare, and nev- 

 er burrows like a Rabbit. 



* Not unfrequently but improperly called Porpus. It is the true Dolphin, of the ancients but not the 

 Dolphin ol Seamen, which is the Corpheena purpurea, 



