MAMMALS, arctic, transported by icebergs, 170; distribution, 151, 152, 193; distribution of, ruled by barriers, 154; introduced by man on islands, 172; not found on oceanic islands, 172; relations in time and space, similarity of, 176; of Tertiary period, relation of to existing forms in same region, 174 MAMMALS, NAMES OF:-- Antelope, 148; Armadillo, 174; Ass, 79, 107, 172; Bat, 38, 123, 128 _n._, 131, 132, 214; Bear, sterile in captivity, 100; --whale-like habit, 128 _n._; Bizcacha, 168, 203, 212; Bull, mammae of, 232; Carnivora, law of compensation in, 106; Cats, run wild at Ascension, 172; --tailless, 60; Cattle, horns of, 75, 207; --increase in S. America, 90; --Indian, 205; --Niata, 61, 73; --suffering in parturition from too large calves, 75; Cheetah, sterility of, 100 and _n._; Chironectes, 199; Cow, abortive mammae, 232; Ctenomys, _see_ Tuco-tuco; Dog, 106, 114; --in Cuba, 113 and _n._; --mongrel breed in oceanic islands, 70; --difference in size a bar to crossing, 97; --domestic, parentage of, 71, 72, 73; --drooping ears, 236; --effects of selection, 66; --inter-fertile, 14; --long-legged breed produced to catch hares, 9, 10, 91, 92; --of savages, 67; --races of resembling genera, 106, 204; --Australian, change of colour in, 61; --bloodhound, Cuban, 204; --bull-dog, 113; --foxhound, 114, 116; --greyhound and bull-dog, young of resembling each other, 43, 44 _n._, 225; --pointer, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118; --retriever, 118 _n._; --setter, 114; --shepherd-dog and harrier crossed, instinct of, 118, 119; --tailless, 60; --turnspit, 66; Echidna, 82 _n._; Edentata, fossil and living in S. America, 174; Elephant, sterility of, 12, 100; Elk, 125; Ferret, fertility of, 12, 102; Fox, 82, 173, 181; Galeopithecus, 131 _n._; Giraffe, fossil, 177; --tail, 128 _n._; Goat, run wild at Tahiti, 172; Guanaco, 175; Guinea-pig, 69; Hare, S. American, 158 _n._; Hedgehog, 82 _n._; Horse, 67, 113, 115, 148, 149; --checks to increase, 148, 149; --increase in S. America, 90; --malconformations and lameness inherited, 58; --parentage, 71, 72; --stripes on, 107; --young of cart-horse and racehorse resembling each other, 43; Hyena, fossil, 177; Jaguar, catching fish, 132; Lemur, flying, 131 _n._; Macrauchenia, 137; Marsupials, fossil in Europe, 175 _n._, 177; --pouch bones, 232, 237; Mastodon, 177; Mouse, 153, 155; --enormous rate of increase, 89, 90; Mule, occasionally breeding, 97, 102; Musk-deer, fossil, 177; _Mustela vison_, 128 _n._, 132 _n._; Mydas, 170; Mydaus, 170; Nutria, _see_ Otter; Otter, 131, 132, 170; --marsupial, 199, 205, 211; Pachydermata, 137;
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