2 Mamm. 
II. MAMMALIA. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The interest of the year culminates in the description of the skin and 
other remains of the Patagonian Ground-Sloth ( Glossotherium , Grypo- 
therium , or Neomylodon ); and the literature on this subject has been 
proportionately large. Attention may, however, be directed to Major’s 
investigations on the auditory region of the skull in Adapis , as well as to 
the description by Andrews of fossil mammalian remains from Egypt. 
Another palaeontological matter of great interest is the discovery of a skull 
of the extinct Panda, now referred by its describer to a separate genus 
Parcelurus. The identification of the iiroblematical Leptodon with the 
Hyracoidea , and the discovery of other remains of the same animal are 
likewise satisfactory events. The description of the foot-structure of 
Diprotodon by Stirling and Zietz is also a matter of considerable 
interest. 
The investigations of Hill into the development of Marsupials have 
been continued, and further information with regard to the anatomy of 
that group and the Monotremes has appeared in the publications relating 
to Semon’s expedition. In this connection the recorder’s proposal for an 
amendment in the dental formula of the Marsupials may be referred to. 
Attention may likewise be called to Major’s work on the dentition of 
the Leporidce. 
If Hubrecht’s views as to the placentation and development of Tarsius 
find acceptation, some alteration would be rendered necessary in our 
classification of the Primates. The persistence of the nucleus in the 
blood-corpuscles of Mammals is a subject to which the attention of several 
workers has been directed. 
From an economic point of view much interest attaches to the American 
Report on Fur-Seals and Fur-Sealing, edited by Jordan. The year has 
seen the completion of Trodessart’s Catalogue of Mammals ; and likewise 
the appearance of a volume on the Distribution of the class by W. L. and 
P. L. Sclater. With the exception of a reference to Tullberg’s mono¬ 
graph on the classification and distribution of the Rodents, systematic 
work on recent Mammals (which has been carried out with the usual 
energy) demands no special notice. 
I. TITLES.* 
1. Acloque, A. Faune de France—Mammif&res. Paris, 12mo, 84 pp., 
fi crcr 
2. Adair, F. E. S. A Summer in High Asia ; a record of sport and 
travel in Baltistan and Ladak. Bombay, 8vo, pp. xvi & 286. 
3. Adloff, P. Zur Entwickelungsgeschichte des Nagetiergebisses. Jena 
Zeitschr. 1898, pp. 347-410, pis. xii-xvi. [Rodentia.] 
4. Adolphi, H. Ueber die Wirbelsaule und den Brustkorb zweier 
Hunde. Morph. Jahrb. xxvii, pp. 299-308. [Canidce.'] 
5. Alcock, N. H. The natural history of Irish Bats. Irish Natural, 
viii, pp. 29-36, 53-57, & 169-174, pis. iii, iv, vii, viii. [Chiropterai] 
* An asterisk prefixed to a quotation indicates that the Recorder has not seen the 
Journal or Work referred to. 
