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VERTEBRATA 



Sub-class THERIA 



Infra-class METATHERIA 



Infra-class EUTHERIA 



Order MARSUPIALIA 



Didelphis (American opossum) ; Antechinomys 

 (jerboa pouched mouse) ; Dasyurus ('native cat') ; 

 Perameles (bandicoot) ; Trichosurus (common 

 phalanger); Vombatus {=Phascolomis) (wombat); 

 Phascolarctos (koala) ; Macropus, Bettongia 

 (kangaroos) ; Setonyx (quokka) ; Potorous (rat- 

 kangaroo) 



Order INSECTIVORA 



Tenrec ( — Centetes) (tenrec) ; Erinaceus (hedgehog) ; 

 Echinosorex ( — Gymnurd) (moon rat) ; Sorex 

 (shrew) ; Crocidura (white-toothed shrew) ; Scalopus 

 (eastern mole) ; Talpa (common old world mole) ; 

 Chrysochloris (golden mole) ; Macroscelides 

 (elephant shrew) 



Order DERMOPTERA 



Cytwcephalus ( = Galeopitheciis, Galeopterus) (flying 

 lemur, cobego, colugo) 



Order CHIROPTERA 

 Sub-order Megachiroptera 

 Pteropus (flying fox); Cynopterus, Epomophorus 

 (fruit bats) 

 Sub-order Microchiroptera 



Rhinolophus (horseshoe bat); Pipistrellus (pipi- 

 strelle) ; Myotis (brown bat, etc.) ; Desmodus (vam- 

 pire) 



Order PRIMATES 

 Sub-order Prosimii 



( = Lemuroidea) 

 Tupaia (tree shrew); Loris (loris); Perodicticus 

 (potto); Galago (bush baby); Lemur (common 

 lemur) 

 Sub-order Tarsii 

 Tarsius (tarsier) 

 Sub-order Simiae 



( = Anthropoidea) 

 Hapale ( = Callithrix) (marmoset); Cebus (ca- 

 puchin); Saimiri (squirrel monkey); A teles (spider 

 monkey); Macaco (macaque); Cercocebus (mang- 

 abey) ; Papio (baboon) ; Cercopithecus (African tree 

 monkeys) ; Presbytis (langur) ; Hylobates (gibbon) ; 

 Pongo ( = Simia) (orang); Pan { — Anthropopithecus, 

 Troglodytes) (chimpanzee) ; Gorilla (gorilla) ; Homo 

 (man) 



Order EDENTATA 



Bradypus (three-toed sloth); Dasypus (armadillo); 

 Priodontes (giant armadillo); Myrmecophaga (giant 

 anteater) ; Tamandua (lesser anteater) 



Order PHOLIDOTA 



Manis (pangolin, scaly anteater) 



