EDENTATA, PACHYDERMATA. 
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pp. 428-449. He describes as new species Arctopithecus holivicnsis, p. 442, 
with figure of skull, and Arctopithecus castancicepSy p. 444, with figure of 
skull, pi. 35, from Nicaragua. Also A. ^^nscwsand A.fiaccidus are figured on 
pis. 36 & 37 ; and skulls of Cholmpus didactylus, p. 432, and Arctopithecus 
griseus, p. 446. 
Bradypus. On the order of development of the dentition in the various 
subgenera, Gray, A. & M. N. II. 1871, vii. p. 461. 
Bradypus. L. J. Fitzinger has compiled a synopsis of the species, and in- 
troduced two new names, B. columhicus and unicolor. SB. Ak. Wien, 1871, 
Ixiii. pp. 331-405. 
Arctopithecus griseus, sp. n., Gray, A. & M. N. II. 1871, vii. p. 302, Costa 
Ilica. 
P A C II Y D E RM AT A . 
Elcphas. On the structure of the teeth, Kollmann, Munch. SB. 1871, 
pp. 243-263, with a plate. | 
Elcphas primigcnkis. A contribution to our knowledge of the hairs and 
integuments of the Mammoth, by J. F. Brandt, Bull. Ac. Sc. St. Petersb. xv. " 
1871, pp. 347-351. — Dr. L. von Schrenck has given a very interesting report 
on recent discoveries of remains of the Mammoth. He regards the occur- 
rence of entirely-preserved animals as quite exceptional. Ibid. xvi. 1871, 
pp. 147-173. 
Elcphas indicus. Contributions to the Anatomy of the Indian Elephant 
Part I. The Thoracic Viscera,” by M. Watson, in J. Anat. & Pbysiol. 1871, 
pp. 82-94, pi. 6. 
Elcphas indicus. Notice of a tusk apparently attacked by a parasite. 
Sclater, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 146. 
Elcphas africanus. A. Murray treats of a monstrosity (first described in 
Chapman’s * Travels in South Africa,’ ii. p. 98) in which five tusks had grown 
on the right and four on the left side. The specimen is figured. Journ. of 
Travel and Nat. Hist. i. p. 265. 
Hippopotamus amphihius. Mr. Bartlett describes the birth of a Hippopo- 
tamus in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 256-267. 
The young is figured on pi. 20. 
Sus scrofa. Roulin corrects an error into which Lenorraant has fallen, and 
attempts to show that the Sheep was used in ancient fegypt as an auxiliary in 
agriculture, and not the Pig, as would appear from a passage in Herodotus, 
misunderstood by a copyist. Compt. Rend. 1871, Ixxii. pp. 31-37. (See also 
Ovis aries, p. 16.) 
Fhacochcerus. Further confirmatory notes regarding the distinctness of 
P. eclia7ii and P. ccthiopicusy by Sclater, P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 236, 237. 
Phacochoerus (cthio2)icus. On the development of the teeth in j'^oung ex- 
amples, Gray, A. & M. N. H. 1871, viii. p. 138. 
Rhinoceros. On horns reproduced or malformed, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1871, 
pp. 8-11, with 3 woodcuts. 
Rhmocci'os is mentioned in the Old Testament under the name of “ Rem ” 
(Job, xXxix. 12). Rieu, Verhandl. Schweiz, ntrf. Gesellsch. 1868, p. 86. 
Tapirus indicus. Dr! Murie, in a paper On the Malayan Tapir, Rhino- 
chcerus sumati'anus,^’’ J. Anat. & Physiol. 1871, pp. 131-169, gives a descrip- 
tion of the external features and the myology. ' 
