RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1832-1835. [list of animals and reference numbers] [Beagle animal notes]. CUL-DAR29.1.A40. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by Richard Darwin Keynes. Converted and checked against the manuscript by Karen Parr and Margaret Bardy. Checked against the manuscript by Kees Rookmaaker 12.2005. Corrections by John van Wyhe 6.2007, 8.2009, 3.2011. Corrections by Christine Chua 9.2023. Corrections by John van Wyhe 2024, 2025. RN15
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. Richard provided the electronic text to John van Wyhe to include in Darwin Online.
Original table structure made into text. Pages are numbered on the front or recto in the upper right corner. When there is text on the reverse or verso of the page, this is indicated by the page number followed by 'v' as in Zoology notes. Some pages are in the hand of Darwin's servant Syms Covington. Watermarks inlcude: 1 "J WHATMAN 1834", 35 "ALTON MILL", 37-39, 41 "W FINCHER 1836". See: Paper types used by Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle.
Introduction by Richard Darwin Keynes
These notes are also in the combined transcription file: CUL-DAR29.1.A1-A49
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(1) Bat Edostoma — No. 9
(5) — Vespertilio — 158
(4) — Dysopes nasutus — 704, 703, 2322, skins
(2) — Phyllostomus perspicillatum — 134
(3) — Do — nigrescens — 3
(6) Ceutenes — 3636
(7) Galictis — 1278
(9) Canis Magellanicus — 3187
Do Do (Stuffed presd by Capt. King original
(8) — Antarcticus
(10) — Azarae Larger — 818, 3188
& Skin of Do
GR presd by Capt King
(9) Canis fuloipes — 2431
(11) Felis Darwinii — —
(12) _____ Pageris — small 1443, large 2036
(13) _____ Domesticus — 1279
(14) Lutra chilensis — 2529
(15) Do Do — 1400
(16) Delphinus Fitz Royi — 1307
(17) Cervus campestris — 1292
Do Do — —
Horns of Do — 1337
Do Do — 1338
Heart of Common Goat — 2499
Mus New Holland
— Galapagos
— St Pauls ?
— ——— ?
— Braziliensis
& species in Proceedings 23 in number
Coypu — 2530
Poephagomys ater — 2715
Ctenomys Braziliensis Page supposing [5 words illeg] on animal — 1267
Octodon, like rabbit [illeg] eyes found near wood— 2202
Abrocoma —
[40v]
2066 Mus decumanus [listed as Mus decumanus in Mammalia, pp. 31-33]
1159 do
2312 do
1438 do
1341 do
3903 Mus musculus [listed as Mus musculus in Mammalia, p. 38]
3904 do
186 do
187 do
1280 Mus maurus [listed as Mus (decumanus) maurus in Mammalia, p. 33]
3360 — decumanoïdes [listed as Mus Jacobiae in Mammalia, pp. 34-35]
3901} — Rattoides [listed as Mus (Rattus var.? insularis) in Mammalia, pp. 35-37]
3902}
3311 Mus Galapagoensis [listed as Mus Galapagoensis in Mammalia, pp. 65-66]
1457 Mus Braziliensis [listed as Mus Braziliensis in Mammalia, pp. 58-60]
the rest to follow as in Proceedings
after 1472
3564 Mus fuscipes [listed as Mus fuscipes in Mammalia, pp. 66-67]
1284 Reithrodon typicus [listed as Reithrodon typicus in Mammalia, pp. 71-72]
2032} Reithrodon cuniculoïdes [listed as Reithrodon cuniculoïdes in Mammalia, pp. 69-71]
1755}
1695}
[40br]
Viscacha — young 846, old 1442
Keradon Kuyii — 1471, 1774
Cavia cabaya
Patagonia Cavy — 817
Rabbit — 1885
Head of Do — 1902
Dasypus hybridus — 1413
Do minutus — 1697
Didelphis Azar — 1281
— crassicaudatus — 1282
— brachiurus — 1283
— hortensis — 2204 2205
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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