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NATURAL HISTORY. [UPPER FLOOR* 
are also some Lemurs, from Madagascar:—as, the Ruffed 
Lemur (Lemur Macaco) ; the Red Lemur (Z,. rufus ); the 
Ring-tailed Lemur (L. Catta ); and the Slow Lemur 
(Nycticebus Bengalensis), from India. Here are also the 
following Cheiroptera:—the Javanese Fruit-Bat (Pteropus 
javanicus ), Java ; and the Flying Colugo (Galeopithecus 
volans ), from the Pellew Islands. Adjoining Case No. 1, 
are two glass frames, one of which contains thefrugivorous 
Bats, the other the so called Horse-shoe Bats. Over these 
Cases, is a specimen of the Dugong (Halicore Dugong) 
from Singapore. 
The Cases No. 5—8 contain various carnivorous ani¬ 
mals.—Amongst those called Plantigrade, from their ap¬ 
plying the whole of the lower surface of the foot to the 
ground in walking, are the Malay Bear ( Ursus Malay anus, 
Horsf.), the European and American Badger ( Ursusmeles , 
Linn., and U. Labradoricus , Gmel.), the Rattel, or Honey 
Weasel ( Viverra mellivora , Gmel.), the Glutton ( Ursus 
luscus, Linn.), the Raccoon (U. lotor, Linn.), and the 
Coati-mundi ( Viverra nasuia, Linn.), together with several 
specimens of the common Otter (Mustela lutra , Linn.), and 
the Sea Otter (M. lutris , Linn.).—Amongst the Digitigrade, 
or those animals which in walking rest principally on the 
extremities of their toes, are several varieties of the Dog- 
kind, as the Prairie Wolf ( Canislatrans , Say.), from Ame¬ 
rica, the Arctic Fox (Canis lagopus , Linn.), in different 
states ; the striped Hyaena (Canis hyaena , Linn.) ; the 
Raccoon-Dog (C. procyonides, Gray), a new animal, from 
China; and the Fennee ( C.cerdo , Linn.) from Egypt, &c. 
On the top of these Cases is a specimen of the Cape Ant- 
eater (Drycteropus capensis ), the American Tapir, and a 
skeleton of the Malay Tapir. 
Cases 9—11. Carnivorous animals continued.—-Amongst 
these are the Wild Cat (Felis catus , Linn.), and several 
varieties of the common domestic Cat; the Puma (F. 
concolor, Linn.) and a Mule-whelp between the Lion and 
Tiger, born in Atkins’s travelling menagerie, at Windsor. 
Here are also several Ichneumons,—as Pennant’s Mada¬ 
gascar Weasel (Mustela galera, Linn.); the Mangousteof 
Java (Herpestesjavanicus, Horsf.); and the Zebra Ichneu¬ 
mon ( H-Jasciata , Desm.), from Abyssinia. Likewise the 
Zibet (Viverra zibetha , Linn.); the Tangalunda ( V. tanga * 
