Abstract
THE Indian Museum at Calcutta is rich in Mammals. Not only are those of our Eastern possessions well illustrated, but it possesses also a good general series from other parts of the world. The collection has, moreover, the advantage of being well catalogued. In 1863, the late very zealous and acute zoologist, Edward Blyth, published a catalogue of the specimens contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. This Museum, when transferred to the Government of India, formed the nucleus of the present Indian Museum. The 1330 specimens mentioned in that catalogue have now increased to 4872, representing 590 species, of which 276 are found within our Indian Empire, and 314 are exotic.
Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
By W. L. Sclater, Deputy Superintendent of the Indian Museum. Part II. (Calcutta: Printed by order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1891.)
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F., W. The Mammals of India . Nature 45, 50–51 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/045050a0
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