20 
NATURAL HISTORY. [UPPER FLOOR. 
Lemur ( Lemur Macaco) ; the Red Lemur (L. 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 (Pieropus 
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 MalayBear ( Ursns Malay anus, 
Horsf.), the European and American Badger ( Ursusmeles , 
Linn., and [/. Labradoricus , Gmel.), the Rattel, or Honey 
Weasel (Viverra mellivora, Gmel.), the Glutton ( Ursns 
luscus, Linn.), the Raccoon (U. lotor, Linn.), and the 
Coati-mundi ( Viverra nasuia , Linn.), together with several 
specimens of the common Otter ( Mustel-a lutra , Linn.), and 
the Sea Otter (M.lutris, Linn.).—Amongst the Bigitigrade, 
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 (Canis latrans, Say.), from Ame¬ 
rica, the Arctic Fox (Canis lagopus, Linn.), in different 
states ; the striped Hysena ( 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 (Orycteropus capensis), the American Tapir, and a 
skeleton of the Malay Tapir. 
Cases 9—11. Carnivorous animals continued.—Amongst 
these are the Wild Cat (Felis caius , 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 (Mustel-a galera, Linn.); the Mangousteof 
Java (Herpestesjavanicus, Horsf.); and the Zebra Ichneu¬ 
mon ( H. fasciata, Desm.), from Abyssinia. Likewise the 
Zibet [Viverra zibetha, Linn.); the Tangalunda ( V.tanga - 
lunda ), from India; the Blotched Cat of Pennant (F. 
