CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Mammals g 



II. Ancestors of Mammals i8 



III. The Egg-laying Mammals 27 



IV. Value of Mammals to Man 31 



V. The Pouched Animals 39 



VI. Some Toothless Mammals .... 46 



VII. The Sea Cows 55 



VIII. The Whales 60 



IX. Some Insect Eaters ....... 72 



X. The Gnawers 81 



XI. Some Hoofed Animals 100 



XII. The Extinction of Animals 11 1 



XIII. The Elephant 121 



XIV. The Deer 133 



XV. Goats and Sheep 142 



XVI. The Antelopes 147 



XVII. The Ox and the Bison 153 



XVIII. The Camels 157 



XIX. The Flesh Eaters 160 



XX. The Bears 166 



XXI. The Seals 176 



XXII. The Sea-lion Rookeries 180 



XXIII. The Monkeys 185 



XXIV. Early Man 195 



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