CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Order QUADKUMANA ; OB THE MONKEY TRIBE. 



PAGB 

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Family SIMIAD^B : 



Gorilla Troglodytes Gorilla 15 



Orang-Outang Simia satyrus 33 



Siamang Siamanga syndactyla 28 



Gibbons Hylobates 30 



ColobiiB Colobus 36 



Macaques Macaou 44 



Baboons Cynocephalw 55 



family CEBID^E : 



American Monkeys 72 



Family LEMUKIDJB : 



Lemurs Lemur 92 



Family GALEOPITHECHXE : 



Colugo Qaleojyithecus volltans 101 



Order CHEIROPTERA ; OB WING-HANDED ANIMALS. 102 



Vampire Bat Vampyrus spectrum 104 



Great Horseshoe BatJiMnolophusferrum equinum.. 107 

 Flying Fox Pteropus rubricollis 113 



Order FER^E. 



Family FELID^E ; OK THE CAT TBIB'E 116 



Lions Leo 117 



Tigers Tigris 130 



Leopards Leopardus 137 



Cats Fells : 158 



Lynxes Lyncus 166 



Chetah Oueparda jitbata 171 



Samily VIVEBBID^B : 



Hyenas Hyana 178 



Civets Proteles 182 



Genetts Oenetta 187 



Ichneumon Herpestes 189 



Family CANID.E ; OB THE DOG TBIBE 198 



Domesticated Dogs Canis familiaris 200 



Wild Dogs Canis 255 



Wolves Canis ... 260 



Fo*es Vtdpes 267 



Family MUSTE'LID^E ; OB THE WEASEL TBIBE 275 



Polecat Putortus 279 



Weasels Mustela 28* 



Ratels MeUimra 297 



Glutton Gulo 299 



Skunk Mephitis S 00 



Badger-Jteks 



Otters Lutra 305 



BEAU FAMILY URSID^E 311 



True Bears Ursus 312 



Sun Bears Helarctos 324 



Aswail, or Lipped-Bear U. labiatus 826 



Sea-Bears T/ialussarctos 328 



Racoons Procyon 332 



Coaitis Xasua 335 



Kiukajou Ccrcolep/es 836 



Cat-Bears Ailurus 337 



INSECTIVORA ; OB INSECT-EATERS. 



Family TALPID^E : 



Moles Talpa 338 



Tupaia-Tana Cladobales tana 844 



Pen-Tail Ptilocercus Low'd 345 



Long-Nosed and Long-Legged Shrews MacrosceHdes. 346 



Shrews Sorex 347 



Water-Shrews Crossopus 350 



Solenodon Solenodon paradoxum 352 



True Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 354 



Thorny Hedgehogs Centetes 361 



Tribe MABSUPIALIA ; POUCHED AKIHALS. . 



Family MACBOPODIDJB : 



Squirrel Petaurns Petaurus scinreus 365 



Taguan Petaurista 366 



Vulpine Phalangiet PJialangista vulpina 870 



Koala Pliascolarctos ciiweus 871 



Tree Kangaroo Dendrdogus ursin>ts 878 



Kangaroo-Rats Hyp&iprymnui 874 



True Kangaroos Jfacropus 376 



Whallabee Halmaturus ualabatus 380 



Rock-Kangaroo Petrogate pfnicillata 880 



Wombat Phascohmys lattfroru 881 



Sub-Family SALTATOKIA : 



Bandicoots 383 



Chicropus Chceropus castanotus 884 



Sub-Family DABTUBID^B ; DASYCBIHBS 385 



Tasmanian Wolf Thylacinus cynocephaliu 385 



Tasmanian Devil Diabolm urairms 387 



Common Dasyure Dasyurus viverrinus 389 



Tapoa TafzPhascogale penicittata 389 



Pouched Mice Antechinus 391 



Myrmecobius 3fyrmecobius fasciatus 391 



Opossums Didelphys 392 



Tapock Opossum Cheironectes variegatus 397 



Order PINNIPEDIA. 



Family PHOCIDJS ; Common Seals. . 



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VOL. I. 



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