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No. of 



Scientific Names of Meanings of Species in 



Genera. Sci. Names. Common Names. Connecticut. 



FAMILY LEPORIDAE. 

 Lepus. Hare. Hare, rabbit, 2 Gen. 1. Spec. 2 



FAMILY CERVIDAE, OR STAG. 

 Alec. Elk, Moose. Elk (or Moose). 1 



Tarandus. Reindeer. Woodland-rein- 



deer. 1 

 Rangifer. Reindeer-beast. Caribou. 



Cariacus. Carcajou. Deer (white-tailed). 1 Gen. 4. Spec. 4 



FAMILY PHOCIDAE. 

 Phoca. Seal. Harbor-seal. 1 



Cystophora. Biadder (nose) Hooded-seal. 1 Gen. 2. Spec. 2 



bearing. 



FAMILY CETACEAE. 



Balcuna. Whale. Right Whale. 1 



Physeter. Blow-pipe. Sperm Whale, or 



Cachalot. 2 



Balccnoptera. Fin-Whale. Rorqual, or Fin- 



back. 1 Gen. 3. Spec. 4 



FAMILY DELPHINIDAE. 

 Dclphinus. Dolphin. Sea-porpoise. 1 



Globiocephalus. Ball-headed. Social (or Caaing 



Whale). 1 

 Phocana. Porpoise. Porpoise, or Puff- 



ing-pig. 1 

 Orca (Grampns).Wh&le(?). Grampus, Killer. 2 Gen. 4. Spec. 5 



Total, . . . Genera, 42. Species, 69. 



In the foregoing list of mammals now and formerly existing 

 within the limits of this State, neither extinct (or prehistoric) 

 forms, nor those which have been introduced and domesticated 

 from abroad are included. But an extinct species of mastodon 

 will be referred to hereafter. 



It may here be remarked, that not all the animals that once 

 were with us, but are no longer present, were exterminated. 

 Many of the fleet-footed, the biggest, and those most generally 

 hunted (such as deer, wolves, bears, etc.) receded from the settled 

 sections and escaped to more northerly and westerly regions ; 

 while animals of slower pace, or smaller, or less vigorously pur- 

 sued, remained to be slaughtered later. Descendants of the 

 former class may be found to the north and west of us ; while 

 descendants of the latter class, to some extent, are with us to-day. 

 So, many of our western Indians are descended from ancestors 

 who removed west from New England. 



For the purposes of this paper, we will begin (so far as Con- 

 necticut mammals are concerned) with a single reference to 

 species that became extinct in prehistoric times. Partial remains 

 of the Maston giganteus, a huge proboscidean, much resembling 

 the elephant, have been found in this State in at least three 

 places, to wit : in New Britain, in Cheshire, and in Sharon. In 

 Orange County, N. Y., such remains have been found nearly 

 entire. Whether these great creatures, which perished in the 



