mammalia.
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A complete list of the Mammalia described in this work is given in the‘ Isis’ (1844, p. 446), to which I refer.
It appears, from an advertisement, that Audubon and Bachman areengaged upon a work, under the title of ‘The Viviparous Quadrupeds ofNorth America,’ but upon inquiry I am unable to obtain any accurateinformation respecting it.
Diagnoses of new species of Brazilian Bats, by A. Wagner. (Arckiv,1843, p. 365.) •
I have, in that place, given the diagnoses of 19 n. sp. of Bats, of thegenera Phyllostoma, Chilonyderis, Emballonura, and Bysopes.
Some new Brazilian species have also been described by Lund. (Det. K. D.Yidenskabernes Selskabs naturv. og mathem. Afhandlinger. ix. Deeb.Rjobenh. 1842, and Oversigt overdet K. D. Vidensk Selskabs Eorliandl.1843, p. 77.) Of this I have given an abstract in these Archives for 1843(i, p. 347), and added remarks upon the species confounded together underthe name of Cards Azarce, as also upon the osteology and dentition ofCanis juhatus.
Dieffenbach , Travels in New Zealand , with contributionsto the Geography, Geology, Botany, and Natural History ofthat country. London , 1843. Vols i and ii. 8vo.
The Mammalia are arranged by I. E. Gray. It is a very remarkablecircumstance that there are no indigenous Mammalia at all in New Zealand ,except, perhaps, a Bat and a Rat, both of which, however, might havemigrated there at a late period. The latter, in consequence of the intro-duction of the English Rat (not the Lemming) (Wandcrratte), has become sorare that Dieffenbach was unable to procure any specimen of it. The houseMouse is also said to have been introduced. All the other terrestrial Mammalia are introduced. The New Zealand Dog is termed Canis Bingo by Gray;Dieffenbach , on the other hand, says, that it is not the Australian Dingo, but amuch smaller variety, resembling the Jackal, and of a dirty yellow colour.Since the natives sometimes call their Dog also by the Spanish name,“ pero,” it is not impossible that the animal was introduced before thetime of Tasman, by Spanish voyagers. The domestic Cat has been intro-duced by the colonists, and has partly become wild. The Hog, also, is foundwild in many districts in great numbers, and appears to have been known tothe natives, as in other islands, even before the advent of the English . TheHorse , Ass, Ox, Sheep , and Goat are of a very recent date. The sea fur-nishes more species than the land, but of these Dieffenbach has notIrought any specimens. He has given some notices worthy of considerationcn the migrations of the Whale and its capture.