Paris Types??

[Mammals]

          A useful custom might be for the describer of new
          species  to deposit the types with the funding museum and
          to designate a set of specimens as paratypes
          for a museum in the country of origin.  Or vice versa.

          Sylvia Hope

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        Sylvia Hope                           *
        Dept. of Ornithology and Mammalogy    *
        California Academy of Sciences        *
        Golden Gate Park                      *
        San Francisco, CA, USA 94118          *
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        email:  sylvia.hope at calacademy.org    *
        phone:  (415) 750-7176                *
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