Show THE NUMBER ANIMALS recent attempts to tabulate the beasts that perish every now and then some natural 1st endeavors to make an approximate numerical count of 1 animal species this 1 ind of attempt is sure ly no without interest but it must be acknowledged that its results are very uncertain we are far from knowing all species and there is let a delight ful prospect ahead for those who love systematic zoology and for zoologists who bestow mutual honors by giving each other s names to some animal hitherto unknown As burmann remarked to a recent meeting of naturalists at the museum to which he presented his catalogues Mamma lium the species of rodents known in were only in ber now they are 1900 the num her has thus at least doubled in 27 years the number of living species of this creature now known Is about 1 divided among genera this family is the most numerous of the class ot wissen fur alle |