CARNIVORA, PINNIPEDIA, RODENTIA. 
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MeUs leptorhynchus described by M.-Edwards, Reclierch. Mammif. p. 190, 
pis. 25-28 ; Meles {Arctonyx) leucolcemus, ibid. p. 195, pis. 24, 2G-28. 
>1 Mellivora leuconota (Sclater) = ilf. indica, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 232. 
Pinnipedia. 
Trichechus rosmarus. Dr. Miirie has dissected the young Walrus which 
lived for a short time in the Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Parle, and made it 
the subject of a memoir in Trans. Zool. Soc. 1871, vii. pp. 411-464, pis. 61-55. 
After some historical remarks he describes the external characters, dentition, 
and cavity of the mouth, organs of digestion, reproduction (male), circula- 
tion and respiration, and the myology, and concludes with observations on 
the alfinities of the Walrus to other Pinnipeds. ' 
Otariidcd. A review of Allen’s ‘‘ Eared Seals ” (see Zool. Rec. vii. p. 10), 
by Mr. T. Gill, has been published in Amer. Natur. 1871, iv. pp. 675-684 j 
and a reply by Mr. Allen, ibid. v. pp. 37-42. 
Otaria aryentataf sp. n., Philippi, Berlin. Monatsber. 1871, p. 558 (skull 
figured on two plates), from Chile. Prof. Peters, in notes appended to this 
paper, refers this species to his subgenus Arctophoca, and makes some re- 
marks on the uncertainty of distinguishing the species of Otaria, in conse- 
quence of the insuificiency of the materials in the European collections. 
Otaria pmilla. On the milk-dentition, Van Beneden, Bull. Ac. Belg. 1871, 
xxxi. pp. 145-162, with woodcuts. 
Phoca hispida. Prof. Flower has worked out the history of this species, 
and describes the skull of a specimen obtained on the coast of Norfolk. 
P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 606-612. [C/: Zool. Rec. vii. p. 11, note.] 
P/ioca described by Hector, A. & M, N. II. 1871, viii, pp. 29-31, 
427. 
^ Eodentia. 
Dr. E. VON Martens lias published an article on the names 
of various Rodents in different languages. Zool. Gart. 1871, 
pp. 355-362. 
Sciurus. Dr. Anderson (P. Z. S. 1871) describes as new species from 
Upper Burma and the Kakhyen Hills: — Sc. sladeni, p. 139; Sc. gordoni, 
p. 140; and Sc. quinquestriatus, p. 142, pi. 10. 
Arctomys hidovicianus. On the habits of the Prairie Dog ” in a state of 
captivity, by B. C. Jillson, Amer. Nat. 1871, v. pp. 24-29. - 
Arctomys. Dr. Anderson considers A. bohac and A. hmmachalanus distinct, 
and describes them, 1. c. pp. 659, 661. 
Lagomys curzonicc described by Dr. Anderson, 1. c. p. 662. 
Mus rattus. Two instances of its occurrence iii Norway are recorded by 
Esmark, the specimens having been probably introduced by ships freighted 
with corn from the Black Sea. Forh. Selsk. Christian. 1871, p. 486. 
On the habits, tameness, and extraordinary prolificness of the albino 
variety, Kolazy, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1871, pp. 731-734. 
Mus decumanus. On melanism in this species, A. Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sc. 
Nat. 1871, XV. art. 7. 
Mus palmarum, sp. n., Zelebor, Novara, Saugethiere, p. 26, Taf. 3, Nicobar 
Islands. 
