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Subclass II. THE TRUE MAMMALS. (Theria.) Viviparous. 



A. Primitive Mesozoic and Paleocene Groups.* (Triconodonta, Symmetro- 

 donta, Multituberculata, Pantotheria.) 



B. The Marsupial Mammals. (Metatheria, with one order, Marsupialia.) 

 Includes the American opossums and extinct South American carnivorous 

 types, some of bear size and one similar to the placental saber-toothed tiger; 

 also the Australian marsupials discussed in Chap. XXVIII, as well as 

 extinct Australian types up to the size of a rhinoceros. 



C. The Placental Mammals. (Eutheria.) 



Order 1. The Insectivores. (Insectivora.) Moles, shrews, "flying lemurs," 



etc. 

 Order 2. The Bats. (Chiroptera.) 

 Order 3. The Primates. (Primates.) See Chap. XXIX. 

 Suborder 1. The Lemurs. (Lemuroidea.) 

 Suborder 2. The Tarsioids. (Tarsioidea.) Tarsius. 

 Suborder 3. The Anthropoids. (Anthropoidea.) 

 Series 1. The New World Monkeys. (Platyrrhini.) 



Families Hapalidae (marmosets) and Cebidae (South American 

 monkeys). 

 Series 2. The Old World Catarrhines. (Catarrhini.) 



Family 1. The baboons, monkeys, apes, etc. (Cercopithecidae.) 

 Family 2. The manlike apes. (Simiidae.) 



? Family 3. The South African man-apes. (*Australopithecidae.) 

 Family 4. Ancient and modern men. (Hominidae.) 



Placed under 

 Homo by many re- 

 ,cent authorities 



? Genus 1. Java Man. (*Pithecanthropus.) 

 ? Genus 2. Peking Man. (*Sinanthropus.) 

 ? Genus 3. Piltdown Man. (*Eoanthropus.), 

 Genus 4. Modern Man. (Homo.) 

 Order 4. The Carnivores. (Carnivora.) 



Suborder 1. The Creodonts. (*Creodonta.) Primitive carnivores. 

 Suborder 2. The Fissipedes. (Fissipedia.) Modernized carnivores. Includes 

 the terrestrial carnivores: civets, hyenas, cats, weasels, otters, dogs, 

 wolves, bears, etc. 

 Suborder 3. The Seals and Walruses. (Pinnipedia.) 

 Order 5. The Amblypods. (*Amblypoda.) Pantolambda, Coryphodon, etc. 

 Order 6. The Uintatheres. (*Dinocerata.) Uintatherium, etc. 

 Order 7. The Hyraxes. (Hyracoidea.) 



Order 8. The Proboscidians. (Proboscidea.) Includes the *dinotheres, '"mas- 

 todons, *mammoths, and modern elephants. 

 Order 9. The Dugongs or Manatees. (Sirenia.) 

 Order 10. The Aardvarks. (Tubulidentata.) 

 Order 11. The Condylarths. (*Condylarthra.) 



Order 12. The Litopterns. (*Litopterna.) 1 Groups of strange South 



Order 13. The Notungulates. (*Notoungulata.) J American mammals. 

 Order 14. The Odd-toed Ungulates. (Perissodactyla.) 



Superfamily 1. Horselike Animals. Includes the horses (Equidae), titano- 

 theres (*Titanotheridae), and chalicotheres (*Chalicotheridae). 



