MAMMALIA. 
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Mils. Dr. Murie describes a rat; imported from Sydney or Hongkong; 
which cannot be determined with certainty j it may be a distinct species or 
merely a pale-coloured variety of M. rattus. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868; pp. 167- 
168. 
'^Mus decumanus, rattuSy and mnscidus have been introduced into Cuba. 
Gundlach; Repert. Fis.-nat. de Cuba, ii. p. 55. 
nilaffiricus, sp. n. ?, JerdoU; Mamm. Ind. p. 203. 
Chiropodornys, g. n.; PeterS; Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin; 1868; p. 448, 
Sacculi buccales nulli ; oculi auriculmque modica ; labrum fissum j vibrissae 
elongatfo ; cranium et dentes minis ; antepedes digitis 4 et verruca pollicari 
lamiiata ; scelides pentadactylsS; halluce lamnata ; cauda elongata; squamata 
annulata, pilis setaceis brovibuS; versus apicem longioribus vestita. Ch. peni- 
cillatus, sp. n.; 1. c. taf. 1; probably from Africa. 
Siphneus. M. A. Milne-Ed wards proves by the dentition that this genus 
is allied to Arvicola, and not to Spalax, as believed by F. Cuvier; who had 
examined a skull believed to be a Siphneus, but being in reality a SpalQX. 
Compt. Rend. Ixviii. p, 438.-^A monograph of the genus has been commenced 
by the same author in Recherches Hist. Nat. Mammif. p. 71; where also S. 
armandii and S. fontanieri are figured; pis. 6 & 7. 
Myodcs iorquatus. Mr. R. Brown confirms Middendorff’s observation that 
3Ius groenlandicus (Traill) and M. hudsonius (Forst.) are not distinct. Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1868; p. 349. 
Hydrochoerus. Dr. Hensel states that a minute milk-molar is found in both 
jaws in the foetus at an early period of its development. Sitzgsber. Ges. 
ntrf. Freunde Berlin; 1866, p. 28. 
^Caqjromys. Gundlach recognizes three specieS; yn. fournieri, poeyi, and 
melanurus, Repert. Fis.-nat. de Cuba; ii. pp. 46 & 64. 
'^Lcpus. An article on Hares, Rabbits, and the hybrids between them, by 
E. Gayot, in Compt. Rend. 1868, Ixvii. pp. 987-989.-^1. Arloing has ex- 
amined the organs of reproduction of the Hare and Rabbit and the hybrid 
between them. Ibid. Ixvi. p. 1267. 
Lepus timidus. Prof. Giebel has noticed specimens of the light-coloured 
variety. Zeitschr. ges. Ntrwiss. 1868, xxxi. p. 68. 
Lepus cuniculus. We mention here a work by W. KnAUSE, ^ Die Anatomie 
des Kaninchens. In topographischer und operativer Riicksicht bearbeitet.’ 
Leipzig, 1868; 8vo, with 60 figures. 
EDENTATA. 
On the anatomy of the brain and submaxillaiy glands, see Pouchet in 
Robin, Journ. Anat. et Phys. 1868, pp. 668-^76 ] and Compt. Rend. 1868, 
Ixvi. pp. 670-673. 
Myrmecoplwya juhata, M. Pouchet’s work on its anatomy has been no- 
ticed above (p. C). — An account of an example living for some time in 
the Hamburg Zoological Garden is given by Dr. Noll, Zool. Gart. 1868, 
pp. 30-35. 
Dasypus gigas. Notes on a skeleton, by Prof. Burmeister, in Anal. Mus, 
Buen. Ayres, 1867, Act. Soc. Paleont. pp. xxxii-xxxiv. 
