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CLASSIFICATION OF THE MAMMALIA 15 



Prongliorn Antelope (Antilocapridse) 

 Sheep 



Goats 



- Bovidse 



Antelopes 



Oxen 



Camels (Camelidre) 



Oreodonts (Oreodontidse) 



Tragulines or Chevrotains (Tragulidse) 



Order: Perissodactyla Owen ("odd-toed" hoofed mammals) (p. 



174.) 



Examples 



Tapirs (Tapiridie) 

 Horses (Equidae) 

 Palffiotheres (Paleeotheriidte) 

 Titanotheres (Titanotheriidse) 

 Lophiodonts ( Lophiodontidae) 

 Rhinoceroses ( Khinocerotida? ) 



? Order : *Ancylopoda Cope (probably an early Eocene offshoot 



of the Perissodactyla) (p. 184.) 

 Examples 

 Macr other ium 

 Chalicotherium 



Order: Proboscidea Illiger (p. 186.) 



Examples 

 Mceritherium 

 Dinothcrium 

 Mastodon 

 Elephas (Asiatic and African Elephants, Mammoths) 



Order: Sirenia Illiger (p. 188.) 



Examples 



Manatees (Trichechid;e) 

 Dugongs (Halichoridse) 

 Ehytina (Pihytinidte) 



Order: * Embrithopoda Andrews (Barypoda Andrews) 

 Arsinoithcrium 



Order: Hyracoidea Huxley (p. 185.) 



Dassies (Hi/rax, the Coney of the scriptures) 

 Itfegalohyrax, etc. 



* Extinct. 



