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PROF. J. LOGAN LOBLEY, F.G.S., F.E.G.S., ON 
Mammalia. 
The order Primates, again excluding man, has no one family 
■common to the Old World and the New, and the families 
Cebidae and Hapalidae of America are both platyrrhine or having 
broad nasal septa, and in this respect differ from all the Old 
World monkeys which are catarrhine. The latter, too, are all 
without prehensile tails which many of the American monkeys 
possess. The Hapalidae, or marmosets, have neither prehensile 
tails nor opposable thumbs and, therefore, have not true hands. 
Of the Cheiroptera, one family is peculiar to the New World. 
This is the Phillostomidae, or the leaf-nosed bats. These, with 
the exception of one species in California, are confined to South 
America and include the blood-sucking vampire bats. The 
other families of this order, Vespertilionidae and N octilionidas are 
well-known bats in all the six zoological regions. 
Of the Insectivora, only three families out of nine are 
represented in America, and of one of these, Centelidse, there 
are only two species which are confined to the West Indies. 
The Talpidse, or moles, have six species in America, and the 
shrews, twenty-four species, but confined to the northern part 
or the Nearctic region. 
The great order Carnivora contains one family, the 
Procyonidae, which is exclusively American. The typical 
genus Procyon gives the well-known racoons, and there are 
three other genera. These comprise eight species in all and 
chiefly inhabit South America, though one ranges as far north 
as California. The Felidae, so conspicuous in the Old World, is 
represented by only a few species of the genus Felis. The 
puma, Felis concolor , ranging through 110 degrees of latitude, 
has the greatest range of any carnivore. The other species 
include the jaguar, Felis onca, and four lynxes or wild cats, 
though they differ from the Felis catus, the wild cat of Europe. 
The Canidae, comprising our dogs, wolves and foxes, is a family 
well represented by species of the genus Canis to be found in 
all parts of America from the extreme north to Patagonia. 
The wolves, Canis lupus, are not, however, in South America, 
being there replaced by jackals and foxes. One genus of 
Canidae, Icticyon, or the bush dog, is quite peculiar to America, 
and is restricted to the Brazils and Guiana. World-wide 
though the Canidae may be said to be, they are not in the West 
Indies. Mustelidae, comprising the weasels, otters, badgers, 
skunks and gluttons, is a family largely represented in America 
both in the north and the south, though the badgers have but one 
