AX ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF THE RECENT MAMMALS OF 
IOWA. 
BY T. VAN HYNING AND FRANK C. PELLETT. 
In forming a collection of the fauna of Iowa for the museum of the 
Historical Department of Iowa, it was early seen that there was no pub- 
lished lists, and but very meager and scattered records of the mammals 
of the state. It is this condition of affairs which has prompted the com- 
piling of such at this time. 
In 1905, Professor Herbert Osborn published a few species of mam- 
mals and birds under the title of ‘‘The Recently Extinct and Vanishing 
Animals of Iowa,” in the “Annals of Iowa, Volume 6, Number 8.” If 
there be any other lists, the present writers, in the hurried preparation 
of the one here given, have been unable to locate them."^' 
The arrangement here, or classification, is practically that as given in 
Jordan’s manual of the vertebrates; eighth edition; and is not claimed 
to be in accordance with later authors. The list is a preliminary to a 
complete monograpli of the subject whicliTthe writers are preparing for 
future publication, and is intended as a means of drawing information, 
notes of occurrences in the state, records, criticisms, etc. It is in this 
that lies the value of the publication at this time, therefore any com- 
munications of additional data' will be appreciated and considered as 
sufficient evidence that it has filled its mission. Communications may 
be addressed to either T. Van Hyning, Polk Boulevard, Des Moines, Iowa, 
or to F. C. Pellett, Atlantic, Iowa. 
Many species are here given that occur in our adjoining states of 
which we have at this time no records of as occurring in Iowa ; but are 
given with the hopes of* gaining sufficient evidence to either establish or 
permanently eliminate them. 
“Extinct,” as here used, refers to Iowa onljG 
* Since writing this paper, nearly a year ago, the writers have discovered a paper, 
“Notes on the Mammals of Iowa,” by J. A. Allen, Proceedings of the Boston Society 
of Natural History, vol. XIII, 1869-1870. In this paper Mr. Allen lists forty-eight 
species as inhabiting Iowa at that time. 
