MAM. SALOON.] 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
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and ashkoko, from Abyssinia; the phatagin and many-shielded phata- 
gin, from West Africa; the badgareit, or bajjerkeit, from India; and 
tangilin, from Java; the armadillo, apara, peba, pichey, tatouay, and 
tatou, from South America; the aard vark, from the Cape of Good 
Hope; the tamanois, tamandua, and ant-eater, from South America; 
the Ornithorhynchus, or mullingong, echidna, and brown echidna, from 
New’ Holland; the unau, gipakeiou, yellow-faced sloth, and sloth, or 
ai, from South America. 
Cases 17 to 30 contain the Deer and Horses,—as the stag, or red 
deer, and fallow deer of Europe; the wapiti, from North America; 
equine rusa, and axis, or cheetul, from India; the ahu, or siaga, from 
Siberia; rein deer, from Hudson’s Bay. Presented by the Hudson’s 
Bay Company. The elk, from North Europe. Presented by the 
Earl of Derby. Burchell’s zebra, South Africa; the zebra, South 
Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby . Wild ass, or jikta, from 
Asia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. Hybrids, between the zebra 
and wild ass, and between the zebra and common donkey. Presented 
by the Zoological Society of London. Giraffe, or Camelopard. 
The upper shelves contain the young axis, or cheetul, fallow deer, 
and wapiti; kijang, or muntjac, from India; cuguacu-ete, and cugu- 
a 9 u-apara, from South America; the guazuti, from North Patagonia. 
Presented by C. Darwin , Esq. Roebuck, from Europe. Musk Deer 
—The musk; w’hite-bellied musk; golden-eyed musk; meminna, or 
pissay, kanchil, and Javan musk, from Asia; and the water musk, from 
West Africa. 
On the floor of this room are arranged the different species of Rhi¬ 
noceros, from South Africa and India; a small specimen of the Indian 
Elephant; a very young specimen of the African Elephant; and a 
young, half-grown, and an adult specimen of Hippopotamus, from 
South Africa. The Wild Oxen from India and Java. 
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MAMMALIA SALOON. 
In the Wall Cases of this Saloon are arranged the specimens of 
Handed Rapacious and Glirine Beasts, and over the Cases are the 
different kinds of Seals ( Pliocidce ), Manatees, and Porpoises ( Delphi - 
nidce ); and in the cases on the Floor of the room are placed the 
specimens of Corals. 
Wall Cases 1—20. The Handed Beasts. 
Cases 1 to 13 contain the Old World Monkeys: as the chimpanzee, 
from West Africa; adult male and young ourang-outan, or pongo, from 
Borneo; siamang, from Java; gibbon, silvery gibbon or wou-wou, and 
oungka, from India, Java, and China; the simpai, chingkau, from Su¬ 
matra ; the kalasie and starred presbytes, from Borneo; the cinereous 
presbytes, dusky presbytes, from Singapore and Malacca; the croo and 
negro presbytes, from Java; nestor, from Ceylon, and hoonuman, from 
India, Nepal, &c. Presented by B . H. Hodgson , Esq. Temminck’s 
colobus; Pennant’s colobus; and black colobus, from West Africa; 
guereza, from Abyssinia; proboscis monkey, adult male, Borneo; 
presented by Mons. Temminck ; and female and young, presented 
by Capt. Sir Edw. Belcher. Callithrix or green monkeys, from 
