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ALPHABETICAL INDEX-CHECKLIST 201 (Neobalcena), 128; pygmy sperm whale (Kogia), 130; red-bellied dolphin (Delphinus), 134; sperm whale (Physeter), 129.

D'Entrecasteaux, Louisiade and Trobriand Islands, Coral Sea BATS, flying fox (Pteropus), 48; horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus), 53; leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros), 53; longtongued bat {Syconycteris), 49; sheath-tailed bat {Emballonura), 51; spinal-winged bat (Dobsonia), 48; trumpet-eared bat (Phoniscus), 61; tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene), 48.

MARSUPIALS, cuscus (Phalanger) , 25; flying possum (^Petaurus), 27; spiny bandicoot (Echymipera), 21. RODENTS, common rat (Rattus), 114; complex-toothed rat (Pogonomys), 116; giant rat (Uromys), 116; house mouse (Mus), 113; water rat (Hydromys), 118.

East China Sea DUGONG (Dugong), 136.

WHALES, blackfish or pilot whale (Globiocephalus), 132; bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops), 134; common dolphin (Delphinus), 134; false killer whale (Pseudorca), 132; finback or sei whale (Balcenoptera) , 128 ; finless black porpoise (Neomeris), 132; gray or Risso's dolphin (Grampus), 131; humpback whale (Megaptera), 128; killer whale (Orcinus), 131; slender dolphin (Prodelphinus), 135; sperm whale (Physeter), 129; white dolphin (Sotalia), 135.

Ellice Islands, Micronesia RODENTS, common rat (Rattus), 114; house mouse (Mus), 113.

Engano Island, South Sumatra BATS, common bat (Pipistrellus) , 56; flying fox (Pteropus), 48 ; horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus) , 53 ; leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros), 53; rousette bat (Rousettus), 48; sheathtailed bat (Emballonura, Saccolaimus), 51; trumpeteared bat (Kerivoula), 61.

202 ALPHABETICAL INDEX-CHECKLIST CARNIVORES, palm civet (Paradoxurus), 89. EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, pig (Sus), 149.

RODENTS, common rat (Rattus), 114; house mouse (Mus), 113.

Fiji Islands, Melanesia BATS, flying fox (Pteropus), 48; long-tailed bat {Notopteris), 50; sheath-tailed bat (Emhallonura), 51. RODENTS, common rat (Rattus), 114; house mouse (Mus), 113.

Flores Island, Lesser Sundas BATS, common bat (Scotophilus), 58; flying foxes (Pteropus), 48; rousette bat (Rousettus), 48; sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous), 51; spinal-winged bat (Dohsonia), 48; trumpet-eared bat (Kerivoula), 61; tube-nosed bat (Murina), 59.

CARNIVORES, palm civet (Paradoxurus), 89. EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, pig (Sus), 149; sambar deer (Cermis), 144.

PRIMATES, long-tailed or crab-eating macaque (Macaca irus), 67.

RODENTS, common rats (Rattus), 114; complex-toothed rats (Mallomys), 116; house mouse (Mus), 113; porcupine {Hystrix)^ 121.

Flores Sea DUGONG (Dugong), 136.

W^HALES. See Java Sea.

Formosa BATS, bent-winged bat (Miniopterus), 59; common bats (Myotis, Pipistrellus, Scotophilus), 55; flying fox {Pteropus), 48; free-tailed bat {Tadarida), 62; horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus), 53; leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros), 53. CARNIVORES. Asiatic black bear (Selenarctos), 80; civet (Viverricula) , 87; clouded leopard (Felis nebulosa), 96; crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes), 94; Eurasian otter (Lutra Intra), 84; ferret badger (Helictis), 83; fishing

ALPHABETICAL INDEX-CHECKLIST 203 cat {Felis viverrina), 98; leopard cat (Felis bengalensis), 98; masked palm civet (Paguma), 91; Oriental weasel (Mustela siberica), 82; yellow-throated marten (Maries), 81.

EVEN-TOED UNGULATES. Muntjac (Muntiacus), 147; pig (Sus), 149 ; sambar deer (Cerzms), 144 ; serow (Capricornis), 142; sika deer {Cervus), 146. INSECTIVORES. hedgehog {Erinaceus), 38; long-tailed shrews (Soriculus, Chodsigoa), 40; mole (Mogera), 42; white-toothed shrew (Suncus), 40. MONKEYS. Formosa macaque (Macaca cyclopsis), 68. RABBITS. Formosa hare (Caprolagus), 125. RODENTS, bandicoot rat (Bandicota), 115; common rat (Rattus), 114; flying squirrels (Petaurista, Belomys), 109; house mouse {Mus), 113; Oriental squirrel (Callosciurus), 110; red-cheeked ground squirrel (Dremomz/s), 111 ; wood mouse (Apodemus), 114. SCALY ANTEATER (Manis), 107.

Friendly Islands, see Tonga Galapagos Islands, East Pacific Ocean BATS, red bat (Lasiurus), 59.

RODENTS, common rats (Rattus), 114; house mouse (Mus), 113; South American rats (Oryzomys), 120. SEALS, SEA LIONS, southern sea lion (Otaria), 101 ; southern fur seal (Arctocephalus) , 103. Gilbert Islands, Micronesia RODENTS, common rat (Rattus), 114; house mouse (Mus), 113.

Halmahera, see Molucca Islands Hawaiian Islands BATS, hoary hat (Lasiurus), 59. RODENTS, common rats (Rattus), 114; house mouse (Mus), 113.

SEALS. Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus), 105.

204 ALPHABETICAL INDEX-CHECKLIST Hervey Islands, see Cook Islands Indian Ocean, eastern part DUGONG (Dugong), 136.

WHALES, blackfish or pilot whale (Globiocephalus), 132; blue whale (Sibbaldus), 128; bottle-nosed porpoise {Tursiops), 134; common dolphin (Delphinus), 134; Cuvier's or goose-beaked whale (Ziphius), 131; finback whale {BalcBnoptera), 128; humpback (Megaptera), 128; Irrawaddi dolphin (Orcella), 132; killer whale (Orcinus), 131; leadcolored dolphin (Sotalia plumhea), 135; long-beaked dolphin (Steno), 135; slender dolphin (Prodelphinus), 135; sperm whale (Physeter), 129.

Japanese Islands BATS, bent-winged bat (Miniopterus), 59; common bats (MyotiSy Plecotus, Barhastella^ NyctaluSy Pipistrellus, Vespertilio), 55; flying fox (Pteropus), 48; horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus), 53; leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros), 53; tube-nosed bat (Murina), 59.

CARNIVORES. Asiatic black bear (Selenarctos), 80; badger (Meles), 82 ; ermine or stoat (Mustela erminea), 81 ; Eurasian bear (Ursus), 79; Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), 84; Japanese marten (Mart es), 81; Oriental weasel (Mustela siberica), 82 ; pygmy weasel (Mustela ria^osa), 82 ; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes), 85; red fox (Vulpes), 86; wolf (Canis), 84.

EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, pig (Sus), 149; serow (Capricornis), 142; sika deer (Cervus sika), 146. INSECTIVORES. mole (Mogera), 41; red-toothed shrew (Sorex)^ 40; shrew-moles (Urotrichus, Dymecodon), 42; water shrew (Chimarrogale), 41; white-toothed shrew (Suncus), 40.

MONKEYS. Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata), 67. RABBITS. Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus), 124; pika or mouse-hare (Ochotona), 126; varying hare (Lepus timidus), 124.

RODENTS, chipmunk (Eutamias), 111; common rats (Rattus), 114; Eurasian squirrel (Sciurus), 110; flying squir-

ALPHABETICAL INDEX-CHECKLIST 205 rels (Petaurista, Pteromys), 109; house mouse {Miis), 113 ; Japanese dormouse (Glirulus), 112 ; Japanese vole or meadow mouse (Microtus), 120; red-backed mouse (Clethrionomys), 120; wood mouse (Apodemus), 114. SEALS, SEA LIONS. Japanese sea lion (Zalophus), 100; northern fur seal (Callorhinus), 102; Pacific harbor seal (Phoca), 104.

Japan Sea WHALES. Baird whale (Berardius), 130; blackfish or pilot whale (Glohiocephalus) , 132 ; blue whale (Sihbaldus), 128 ; bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops), 134; common dolphin (Delphinus), 134; finback or sei whale (Balcenoptera), 128; finless black porpoise (Neomeris), 132; gray or Risso's dolphin (Grampus), 131; gray whale (Rhachianectes), 128; humpback whale (Megaptera), 128; killer whale (Orcinus), 131; slender dolphin (Prodelphinus), 135; sperm whale (Physeter), 129; True's porpoise (Phoccenoides), 132; white-sided porpoise (Lagenorhynchus) , 133.

Java BATS, bent-winged bat (Miniopterus), 59; common bat {MyotiSf Pipistrellus, Glischropus, Tylonycteris, Scotophilus), 55; free-tailed bats (Tadarida, Cheiromeles) , 62; false vampire (Megaderma), 53; flying foxes (Pteropus), 48; horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus), 53; leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideros, Coelops), 53; long-tongued bats {Macroglossus, Eonycteris), 49; rousette bat (Rousettus), 48; sheath-tailed bats (Emhallonura, SaccolaimuSy Taphozous), 51 ; short-nosed fruit bats {Cynopterus, Chironax), 48; slit-faced bat (Nycteris), 52; trumpet eared bats (Kerivoula, Phoniscus), 61; tube-nosed bats {Murina, Harpiocephalus), 59.

CARNIVORES. Asiatic wild dog (Guon), 85 ; binturong (Arctictis), 91 ; civet (Viverricula), 87 ; Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), 84; ferret badger (Helictis), 83; fishing cat (Felis viverrina), 98; Java weasel (Mustela), 82; leopard (Felis pardus), 95; leopard cat (Felis bengalensis), 98; linsang (Prionodon) , S8 ; Malay badger (Mydaus), 83 ; mongooses

206 ALPHABETICAL INDEX-CHECKLIST (Herpestes), 94; palm civet (Paradoccurus), 89; smallclawed otter (Lutra cinerea), 84; small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia), 92; tiger {Felis tigris), 95; yellowthroated marten (Maries), 81.

DUGONG (Dugong), 136.

EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, banting (Bihos), 139; mouse deer (Tragulus), 149; muntjac (Muntiacus), 147; pig (Sus), 149; sambar deer (Certms), 144.

FLYING LEMUR, colugo, caguan {Cynocephalus), 44. INSECTIVORES. Gymnure or rat-like insectivore (Hylomys), 38; tree shrew (Tupaia), 43; white-toothed shrews (Crocidura, Suncus), 40.

ODD-TOED UNGULATES. Javan one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros), 151.

MONKEYS, APES, LEMURS, gray gibbon (Hylohates moloch), 66; leaf monkeys (Presbytis), 70; long-tailed macaque (Macaca irus), 67; slow loris (Nycticebus), 76. RABBITS, black-naped hare (Lepus), 124^, RODENTS, bandicoot rat (Bandicota), 115; common rats (Rattus), 114; complex-toothed tree mouse (Chiropodomys), 116; flying squirrels (Petaurista, lomys, Hylopetes, Petinomys) , 109; giant squirrel (Ratufa), 110; house mouse (Mus), 113; Oriental squirrel (Callosciurus), 110; pygmy squirrel (Nannosciurus), 110; porcupine (Hystrix), 121; red tree rat (Pithecheir) , 115; shrewrat (Mycteromys), 115; striped ground squirrel (Lariscus). 111.

SCALY ANTEATER (Manis), 107.

WHALES, blackfish or pilot whale (Globiocephalus), 132; bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops), 134; common dolphin (Delphinus), 134; Cuvier's or goose-beaked whale (Ziphius), 131; finback (Balcenoptera), 128; finless black porpoise (Neomeris), 132; Irrawaddi dolphin (Orcella), 132; killer (Orcinus), 131 ; lead-colored dolphin (Sotalia), 135 ; long-beaked dolphin (Steno), 135; slender dolphin (Prodelphinus), 135; sperm whale (Physeter), 129. Juan Fernandez Island, Southeast Pacific RODENTS, common rats (Rattus), 114; house mouse (Mus), 113.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX-CHECKLIST 207 SEALS, SEA LIONS, elephant seal (Mirounga), 105; southern fur seal (Arctocephalus), 103; southern sea lion (Otaria), 101.

Kangean Islands, Java Sea BATS, common bat (Pipistrellus), 56; false vampire (Megaderma), 53; flying fox (Pteropus), 48; long-tongued bat (Macroglossus), 49; short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus), 48; trumpet-eared bat (Kerivoula), 61. CARNIVORES, civet (Viverricula) , 87; leopard {Felis pardus), 95; palm civet (Paradoxurus), 89. EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, muntjac or barking deer (Muntiacus), 147.

RODENTS, common rats (Rattus), 114; house mouse (Mus), 113.

Karimata Island, West Borneo BATS, common bat (Myotis), 55; false vampire (Megaderma), 53; horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus), 53; leaf-nosed bat (Hippo sideros), 53; sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura), 51.

CARNIVORES, civet (Viverra), 86.

EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, mouse deer (Tragulus), 149. FLYING LEMUR, colugo, caguan (Cynocephalus), 44. INSECTIVORES. tree shrew (Tupaia), 43. MONKEYS, leaf monkey (Presbytia), 70 ; long-tailed macaque (Macaca irus), 67.

RODENTS, common rat (Rattus), 114; house mouse (Mus), 113; Oriental squirrel (Callosciurus), 110. SCALY ANTEATER (Manis), 107.

Kei Islands, Banda Sea BATS, common bat (Myotis), 55 ; flying fox (Pteropus), 48; horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus), 53; leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros), 53 ; long-tongued bats (Macroglossus^ Syconycteris), 49; rousette bat (Rousettus), 48; sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura), 51; spinal-winged bat (Dobsonia)^ 48; tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene), 48.

208 ALPHABETICAL INDEX-CHECKLIST MARSUPIALS, cuscus (Phalanger) , 25; spiny bandicoot (Echymipera) , 21; tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus), 34; wallaby (Thylogale), 32.

RODENTS, common rat (Rattus), 114; giant rat (Uromys), 116; house mouse (Mus), 113; water rat (Hydromys), 118.

Komodo Island, Lesser Sundas EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, pig (Sus), 149; Sambar deer (Cervus), 144.

INSECTIVORES. white-toothed shrew (Crocidura), 40. Kurile Islands, North Japan BATS, common bats {Myotis, Plecotus), 55. CARNIVORES. Arctic fox (Alopex), 86; Eurasian bear (Ursus), 79; pygmy weasel (Mustela rixosa), 82; red fox (Vulpes), 86; sea otter (Enhydra), 84. INSECTIVORES. red-toothed shrew (Sorew), 40. RABBITS, varying hare (L^pw^s), 124. RODENTS, chipmunk (Eutamias), 111; common rat (Rattus), 114; house mouse (Mus), 113; meadow mouse (Microtus), 120; red-backed mouse (Clethrionomys), 120; wood mouse (Apodemus), 114.

SEALS, SEA LIONS, harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), 104; northern fur seal (Callorhinus), 102; ribbon seal (Phoca fasciata), 104; Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias), 101; walrus (Odobenus), 106 Lingga Archipelago, see Rhio-Lingga Archipelago Liu Kiu Islands, see Luchu Islands Lombok, Lesser Sundas BATS, flying fox (Pteropus), 48; horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus), 53; short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus), 48. CARNIVORES, palm civet {Paradoxurus), 89. RODENTS, common rats (Ratttis), 114; house mouse (Mus), 113; porcupine (Hystrix), 121.

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