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and Borneo, from which they could not return owing to the 

 subsequent isolation of those islands by subsidence, seems 

 to be a cause exactly adapted to produce the kind 

 and amount of affinity between these distant countries 

 that actually exists. 



The Philippine Islands. 



During the ten years that have elapsed since the issue 

 of the second edition of this work a succession of collectors 

 has visited the Philippines and have added very largely 

 to our knowledge of the fauna of these rich and interest- 

 ing islands, especially as regards the higher animals. In 

 the mammalia the additions have been so large that the 

 number of terrestrial species has been more than 

 doubled, while the aerial bats have been increased in a 

 much smaller proportion. 



The following list, embodying the most recent dis- 

 coveries, has been kindly furnished me by Mr. W. Eagle 

 Clarke, of the Edinburgh Museum. The Palawan group 

 is excluded as being more allied to Borneo. 



List of the Terrestrial Mammalia of the Philippines. 

 Primates or Qua drum axa. 



1. Hylobates leuciscus. A widespread species of Gibbon. Sulu Is., 



not in the Philippines proper. 



2. Macacus cyn )molgus. 



3. ,, maurus. Celebes, Boutou. 



4. Cynopithecus niger. The almost tailless ape of Celebes. Perhaps 



introduced. 



5. Tarsius philippensis. Allied to the spectre lemur of Borneo, &c. 



Insectivora 



6. Galeopithecus phiUppe7isis. A flying lemur. Mindanao and other Is. 



7. Tupaia everetti. 



8. Crocidura luzoniensis. Luzon. 



9. grayi. Luzon. 



10. ,, caerulea. Sulu, 



Carnivora. 



11. Mustek henrici, var. leucotis. Sulu. 



12. Viverra tangalunga. 



13. Paradoxurus philippinensis. 



14. Felis bengalensis, var. minuta. Negros, Pauay, Cebu. 



