The Fauna of British India: including Ceylon and Burma

Abstract

BLANDFORD'S "Mammals of British India", published in 1888 and 1891, has until now been the standard work on the subject, and useful as that has been, it had for some years been regarded by zoologists as out of date, since a vast amount of additional knowledge on the subject has been gained in the last half century. A new edition that would embody the latest views on classification and the experience of sportsmen and travellers was greatly needed, and in 1923 Mr. Pocock, an eminent authority on the mammals of the world, undertook the task, little realizing the length of time that would be required owing to the vast amount of material to be handled and examined and the extent to which names of species and races required revision. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma Edited by Lt.-Col. R. B. S. Sewell. (Published under the Patronage of the Secretary of State for India.) Mammalia. Vol. I: Primates and Carnivora (in part), Families, Felidae and Viverridae. By R. I. Pocock. Pp. xxxiii + 464 + 31 plates. (London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd., 1939.) 30s.