Author: United States National Museum

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-17

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9781331587101

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Collection to Illustrate the Animal Resources and the Fisheries of the United States: Exhibited at Philadelphia in 1876 by the Smithsonian Institution and the United States Fish Commission, and Forming a Part of the United States National Museum I. Mammals 1. Ferse (carnivores) Fissipedia (land carnivores) Pinnipedia (seals, &c.) '2. Ungulata (hoofed animals) 3. Sirenia (sea-cows, &c.) 4. Cete (whales) Denticete (sperm whales and dolphins) Mysticete (baleen whales) 5. Insectivora (moles &c.) G. Ch'res (gnawers) 7. Marsupialia (marsupiates) II. B1rds.. III. Reptiles 8. Crocodilia (crocodiles) 9. Testudinata (tortoises) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.