Mamin . 1 
II. MAMMALIA. 
BY 
R. LydekkeRj B.A.., F.R.S., F.G.S. 
CONTENTS. 
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Introduction 1 
I. Titles 2 
II. Faunistic Index ... 23 
III. Biological Subject Index 24 
IV. Systematic Arrangement 24 
Primates 24 
Chiroptera 25 
Insectivora 27 
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Carnivora 1 27 
Rodentia 30 
Ungulata 36 
Sirenia 41 
Cetacea 42 
Edentata 43 
Marsupialia 44 
Monotreraata 45 
From a systematic point of view, undoubtedly the most important event 
of the year is the discovery of the new Anomalurid genus Idiurus , which 
has been described by Matschie. The zoological world was also startled 
by the alleged discovery in the Pleistocene of Java of an erect man-like 
ape ( Pithecanthropus ), but the criticisms which have recently appeared 
seem to indicate that the describer, Dubois, was misled in his inter- 
pretation of the nature of the specimens. 
New species and subspecies continue to be described as rapidly as ever; 
the chief workers in this department being J. A. Allen, Bangs, 
Merriam, Miller, Rhoads, and True, in America, Matschie in Ger- 
many, and Thomas in England. While, however, the first five of them 
confine their attention to the Mammals of their own country, the work 
of the last three has a cosmopolitan range. Among faunistic works, 
H. Allen’s Monograph of the Bats of North America deserves special 
mention ; while reference must likewise be made to Buchner’s con- 
tinuation of his description of the Mammals of Central Asia. Noack 
has helped to increase our knowledge of the Mammals of Ethiopian 
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