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Excerpt from Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899, Vol. 5 The able writings Of Dr. F. Ameghino have directed the attention of palaeontologists to these and kindred questions, but, unfortunately, this wonderful Santa Cruz fauna has hitherto been but scantily represented in the museums Of Europe and North America, and, in consequence, stu dents Of the Mammalia could gain only a very imperfect knowledge of these animals from brief diagnoses and inadequate illustrations. In order, therefore, to render the material useful to those who cannot examine the originals, an otherwise unnecessarily minute prolixity Of description and fulness of illustration have seemed to be called for. This course is further made advisable by the extraordinary variability Of many Of these mammalian groups, which renders the usual systematic treatment so um satisfactory when applied to them. It has been my privilege to study all of the principal collections of Santa Cruz fossils, including almost all of the types. These collections are, in addition to the one at Princeton, those Of the American Museum of Nat ural History, New York, the Munich Museum, the British Museum, the La Plata Museum, and, most important of all, the private collection of Dr. F. Ameghino. Abundant use has been made Of the free permission accorded me to figure and describe such material as suited my purpose. 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.

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