Zoological Miscellany. 



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ZOOLOGICAL MISCELL A X Y.* 



A SYNOPSIS OF THE CINCINNATI FAUNA. 



For the convenience of naturalists who are not specialists, we present 

 below, in tabular form, a synopsis of our present knowledge of the 

 fauna of the vicinity of Cincinnati, revised to date, so far as practica- 

 ble. 



As will be readily seen by a glance at the tables here presented, 

 there are whole classes of animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, 

 that have hardl}' been touched upon b} r our local zoologists There 

 is no lack, therefore, of untrodden fields for those who desire to add to 

 the existing knowledge of our local fauna, while much of the ground 

 heretofore cultivated will well repay working over anew. 



As here considered, the " vicinity of Cincinnati" may be roughly 



limited to the territory comprised within a radius of twenty-five or thirty 



miles of this city, thus including the extreme southwestern corner of 

 Ohio, and adjoining portions of Indiana and Kentucky. The favora- 

 ble location, diversified landscape and abundant water supply of this 

 region — traversed as it is b}' the Ohio, the Great and Little Miamis, the 

 Licking and Whitewater rivers — are well adapted to the production and 

 maintenance of a varied and abundant flora and fauna; and there is 

 probably no one locality in the Mississippi Valley that would better 

 repay the researches of the practical zoologist. 



The various synoptical tables have been revised to date, so far as 

 practicable, by persons familiar with the various subjects of which 

 they treat ; the Insecta for example, b\' Mr. Charles Dury ; the 

 3Iollitsca, by Dr. R. M. Byrnes, the Arachnida, by Mrs. Dr. Thomas 

 Wood; the microscopic Articulata, Ccel enter ata and Protozoa, by Dr. 

 J. H. Hunt. 



Subkingdom VERTEBRATA. 



Class Mammalia : Mammals. 





Extinct. 



Native. 

 Extirpated. 



Existing. 



Introduced. 



Totals. 





2 



9 



30 



3 



44 



Genera " 



2 



G 



21 



1 



30 



Families u 



] 



4 



11 





16 



Orders " 



1 



1 



5 





7 



Species of probable occur- 













rence not yet identified 



4 



2 



10 





1G 



Genera in same category. . 



4 



3 



7 





14 



Families " " 



3 



1 



1 





5 



Orders " " 















•Edited by Dr. F. W. Laxgdon. 



