The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [Vol. 2 of 5]

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Author

Waterhouse, G. R. (George Robert), 1810-1888

Title

The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 2 of 5] : Mammalia

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Smith, Elder & Co.,1839,copyright 1840,copyright 1841,copyright 1843.

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Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biodiversity Heritage Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Zoology

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69577

Release Date

December 19, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN FITZROY, R.N., DURING THE YEARS 1832 to 1836.
2. 2.GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.LIST OF PLATES.
4. 4.INDEX TO THE SPECIES. — Family —PHYLLOSTOMIDÆ. — Desmodus D’Orbignyi. Plate I. Natural size. Skull, teeth, &c. Pl. XXXV., figs. 1. — 1. Phyllostoma Grayi. Plate II. — 2. Phyllostoma perspicillatum.
5. 5.Family —VESPERTILIONIDÆ. — Vespertilio Chiloensis. Plate III.
6. 6.Family —NOCTILIONIDÆ. — Dysopes nasutus.
7. 7.Family —CARNIVORA. — 1. Canis Antarcticus. Plate IV. — 2. Canis Magellanicus. Plate V. — 3. Canis fulvipes. Plate VI. — 4. Canis Azaræ. Plate VII. — 1. Felis Yagouaroundi. Plate VIII. — 2. Felis Pajeros. Plate IX. — 3. Felis domestica. — Gallictis vittata. — 1. Lutra Platensis. — 2. Lutra Chilensis.
8. 8.Family -DELPHINIDÆ. — Delphinus Fitz-Royi. Plate X.
9. 9.Family —CAMELIDÆ. — Auchenia Llama. Desmarest.
10. 10.Family -CERVIDÆ. — Cervus campestris.
11. 11.Family —MURIDÆ. — 1. Mus decumanus. Mus decumanus, Auctorum . — 2. Mus ( DECUMANUS var. ?) MAURUS . — 3. Mus Jacobiæ. — 4. Mus ( Rattus var. ?) INSULARIS . — 5. Mus Musculus. — 6. Mus longicaudatus. Plate XI. — Mus elegans. Plate XII. — Mus bimaculatus. Plate XII. — Mus gracilipes. Plate XI. — Mus flavescens. Plate XIII. — Mus Magellanicus. Plate XIV. — Mus arenicola. Plate XIII. — 13. Mus brachiotis. Plate XIV. — 14. Mus Renggeri. Plate XV. —Fig. 1. — 15. Mus obscurus. Plate XV. —Fig. 2. — 16. Mus xanthorhinus. Plate XVII. —Fig. 1. — 17. Mus Canescens. — 18. Mus longipilis. Plate XVI. — 19. Mus nasutus. Plate XVII. —Fig. 2. — 20. Mus tumidus. Plate XVIII. — 21. Mus Braziliensis. Plate XIX. — 22. Mus micropus. Plate XX. — 23. Mus griseo-flavus. Plate XXI. — 24. Mus xanthopygus. Plate XXII. — 25. Mus Darwinii. Plate XXIII. — 26. Mus Galapagoensis. Plate XXIV. — 27. Mus Fuscipes. Plate XXV. — 28. Mus Gouldii.
12. 12.Genus —REITHRODON. [25] — 1. Reithrodon cuniculoïdes. Plate XXVI. — 2. Reithrodon typicus. — 3. Reithrodon chinchilloides. Plate XXVII.
13. 13.Section —HYSTRICINA. Family — ——? — Myopotamus Coypus. Myopotamus Coypus, Auct.
14. 14.Family —OCTODONTIDÆ. — Ctenomys Braziliensis. — Poephagomys ater. — Octodon Cumingii.
15. 15.Genus —ABROCOMA. [37] — 1. Abrocoma Bennettii. Plate XVIII. — 2. Abrocoma Cuvieri. Plate XXIX.
16. 16.Family —CHINCHILLIDÆ. — Lagostomus trichodactylus.
17. 17.Family —CAVIIDÆ. — Kerodon Kingii. — 1. Cavia Cobaia. Cavia Cobaia, Auct. — 2. Cavia Patachonica. — Hydrochœrus Capybara. Hydrochœrus Capybara, Auct.
18. 18.Section —LEPORINA. — Family —LEPORIDÆ. — Lepus Magellanicus. — 1. Dasypus hybridus. Dasypus hybridus, Auct. — 2. Dasypus minutus. Dasypus minutus, Auct. — 1. Didelphis Azaræ. Didelphis Azaræ, Auct. — 2. Didelphis crassicaudata. Plate XXX. — 3. Didelphis elegans. Plate XXXI. — 4. Didelphis brachyura. Plate XXII.

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