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TABLE OF CONTEXTS. 



Third Order: THE WINQ=HANDED ANIMALS. 



First Division : Flying Dogs (Pter- 



opina) 79 



I.— Genus: Flying Dogs (Pteropus) 79 



TheKalong(/>. edulis) . ... So 



2. — Genus: Night-Dogs {Cynonyderi s ) 79 



Egyptian Flying-Dog (C. ccgyp- 



tiacus) 81 



Second Division : The Smooth-Nosed 



Bats (Gymnorhina) 81 



I. — Genus: Long-eared Bats {Pleco- 82 



tus) • ■ • 



Long-eared Bat (P. auritus) . 82 

 2. — Genus : Night-Flyers ( Vesper- 



tilio) 82 



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*Daubenton's Bat ( I '. dauben- 



tonii) 79 2. 



Mouse-Colored or Common Bat 



( / '. minimis) 82 



3. — Genus: Noctules (Vesperugo) 

 *Pipistrelle (V. pipistrc/lus). . 79 

 Noctule or Great Bat ( V. noc- 



tula) S2 3. 



4. — Genus : Pug-Dog Bats (Synotus) S2 

 Barbastelle or Pug-Dog Bat (S. 

 barbastellus) 82 . 



Third Division : Leaf-Nosed or Blood- 

 sucking Bats {Istiophora) 83 



I. — Genus: Vampires (Phyllostoma). S4 



Chiroptera. 75. 



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Vampire Bat (P. spec/rum) . . S4 

 -Genus : Horseshoe Bats (Rhino- 



lop/nts) 85 



Lesser Horseshoe Bat (P. Iiip- 



pocrepis) 85 



Greater Horseshoe Bat (R.fer- 



riimequinum) S6 



-Genus : Nose-leaf Bats (Mega- 

 derma) S6 



Lyre Bat (M. lyra) 86 



-Genus: Rhinopomes (Rhitwpoma) 86 

 Egyptian Rhinopome (R. mi- 



crophylluni) . '. 86 



-Genus : Scotophiles (Scoiophilus) 86 

 Welwitch's Bat (S. wclwitchii 86 



Fourth Order: 



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First Family : The Cat Family (Fe- 

 lida) 88 



I. — Genus : Cats Proper (Felis) . . 92 

 Royal Tiger (F. tigris) . . 92 

 Clouded Tiger (F. nebulosa) . 99 

 Common Wild Cat (F. catus) . 99 

 *Marbled Cat (F. marmorata) . 99 

 Egyptian Cat(F. maniculata). 102 

 Domestic Cat (F. maniculata 



domestica \ 105 



Angora Cut (F. maniculata do- 

 mestica angorensis) .... 105 

 Barbary Lion (F. leobarbarus). 106 

 Senegal Lion (F . leo sencgal- 



ensis) 106 



South Africau Lion ( F. leo ca- 



pensis) 106 



Persian Lion (F. leo persicus) . 106 

 Guzerat Lion (F. leogu-eraten- 



sis) 106 



Leopard (F. pardus) 112 



Panther (F. panthera) . . .112 

 Long-tailed Panther (F. va- 



riegata) 114 



Black Panther (F. mclas). . .114 

 Snow Leopard or Ounce (F. 



uncia) 119 



Viverrine Cat (F. viverrina) . 119 

 Leopard Cat(/". bengalensis) . 119 



Serval (F. serval) 119 



Cougar or Puma (F. concolor) . 120 

 Yaguarundi (F. yaguarundi) . 122 



Jaguar (F. onza) 124 



Ocelot (F. partialis) 128 



Pampas Cat (F. pajeros) . . .128 

 Marguay (F. tigrinis) .... 129 

 Long-tailed Tiger Cat (F. ma- 



crura) 129 



2. — Genus: Lynxes (Lynx) . . . 129 

 Commonhyws.(L. vulgaris) .130 

 Pardiue Lynx (L. pardinus) . 133 

 Peeshoo or Canadian Lynx(Z.. 



borealis') 133 



Red or Bay Lynx (L. ru/us) . 133 

 Texas Lynx (L. maculala) . 133 

 Oregon Lynx (L.fasciata) . . 134 

 Florida Lynx (L. floridanus) . 134 

 Carolina Lynx (L. carolinen- 



sis\ 134 



Caracal (L. caracal) 134 



Common Jungle Cat ( L. chaus).i^ 

 3. — Genus: Cheetahs (Cynailurus) . 135 

 Asiatic Cheetah (C. jubatus) . 135 

 Fahhad, or African Cheetah 



(C. gut/alus) 135 



Spotted Cheetah (C. soemmer- 



i".K'i) 135 



Woolly Cheetah (C. laneus) . .135 



4. — Genus: Foussa (Cryptoprocta) [38 



Cryptoprocta (C.ferox) . . . 138 



Second Family : Civet Family 



( / ivcrridcr) 139 



cat-footed civets. (Ailuropoda) . 139 



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I. — Genus : Civets Proper ( / 'iverra) 139 

 Africau Civet ( V. civetta) . . 140 

 Asiatic Civet (/'. zibctha) . . 140 

 Lesser Civet ( V. malacccnsis) 141 

 Common Genette ( V. gcnetta) 141 



2. — Genus: Palm Cats ( Paradoxurus) 142 

 Indian Paradoxure (P. niger) . 142 

 Common Paradoxure {P. her- 



maphroditus) 142 



Masked Paradoxure {P. larva- 

 tus) 144 



dog-footed civets. (Cynopoda) . . 144 



3. — Genus: Mungooses (Herpestcs) 144 

 Ichneumon (H, ichneumon) . 144 



Mungo(//. mungo) 147 



Meloncillo (//. widaringtonii) 14S 

 Banded Muugoos (//. fascia- 



tus) 150 



Crab Muugoos (H. urva) . . 150 

 4. — Geuus : Dog-like Mungooses 



(Cynic/us) 150 



Foxy Muugoos (C. penicillata) 150 



5. — Genus : Mangues (Crossarchus) 146 



Mangue (C. obscurus) . . . 146 



6. — Genus : Suricates (Suricata) . . 150 



Suricate (S. tetradactyla) . ■ 150 



Third Family : The Marten Family 



(Mustelidcc) 150 



the martens. (Martidae) . ■ . . . 152 



1. — Genus : Marteus Proper [Mustcla) 152 

 Pine Marten (M. martes) . . . 152 

 Stone Marten (J/, foina) . .153 

 The Sable (M. zibettina) \, . .154 

 American Sable (.1/. america- 



na) 156 



Fisher Marten (M. pennantii) 156 



2 — Genus: Foul Martens (Putorius) 156 



Polecat (P. fwtidus) 156 



Tiger Polecat (P. sariua/icus) 156 



Ferret (P. fuiv) 158 



Weasel {P. vulgaris) 159 



Ermine (P. erminea) .... 162 

 Miuk or Nerz (P. lutreola) . . 164 

 American Miuk [P. vison) . . 164 



3. — Genus: Gluttons (Gulo) . . . .166 

 Glutton; (,'. borealis) 166 



4. — Geuus: Grisous (Galictis) . . . 168 



Tyra (G. barbara) 168 



Grisou (G. vittata) 168 



the badgers. (Mclida) 168 



5. — Genus : Badgers {Metes) . . . .168 

 Common Badger (Jlf. taxus) . 169 

 6. — Genus: New World Badgers 



1 Taxidea) 171 



American Badger ( T. Ameri- 

 cana) 171 



Mexican Badger ( T. berban- 



dieri) 172 



7. — Genus : Honey Badgers (Melli- 



vora) 172 



Ratel (Jlf. capensis) 172 



Garnivora. 87. 



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Indian Ratel (M. indica). . . 173 

 8. — Genus : Stinking Badgers (My- 



daus) 173 



Teledu (31. meliceps) ... 173 



9. — Genus : Skuuks (Mephitis) . . 173 



Surilho (M. suffocans) . . . .174 



Skunk (M. varians) 174 



10. — Genus: Zorillas ( Rhabdogale) . 175 

 Cape Zorilla (R. mustelina) . 175 



the otters. (Lutridtz-) 176 



11. — Genus: Otters (Lutra) 176 



Common Otter (L. vulgaris) . 176 

 American Otter (L. canaden- 

 sis) 179 



Mexian Otter (L. californica) . 179 

 Peruvian Otter (L. fclina) . . 179 

 Brazilian Otter (L. brasilienis) \-jQ) 



12. — Genus: Sea Otters (Enhydris) . 179 

 Sea Otter (E. lulris) .... 179 



Fourth Family : The Hywna Family 



(Hyccnidcc) 182 



1. — Genus : Hyaenas (Hyirna) . . . 1S2 

 Spotted Hysena (//. Croatia) . 184 

 Brown Hyaena (H. brunnea) . 1S5 

 Striped Hyaena (H. striata) . 186 



2. — Genus: Aard- Wolfs I Proteles) . 1S7 

 Aard-Wolf (P. lalandii) . . .187 



Fifth Family : The Hog Family 

 (Canidnce) 187 



1. — Genus : Wolves (Canis) .... 188 



Wolf (C. lupus) 190 



Guara ( C. jubatus) 191 



North American Wolf (C. occi- 



dentalis) 194 



Jackal Wolf (C. anlhus) . . . 194 

 Striped Wolf (C. adustus) . .196 



Jackal (C. aureus) 196 



*Cape JackaKC mesomelas) . . 196 



Coyote (C. la trans) 197 



Raccoon Dog ( C. procyonoides). 198 

 Crab-eating Dog (C. cancriv- 



orus) . . 198 



Aguara (C. vetulus) 198 



Hyaena Dog ( C. picius) .... 199 

 Kolsun (C. dukhunensis) . . . 200 



Adjag (C. ruti/ans) 200 



'Alpine Wolf (C. alpinus) . . .203 



Dingo (C. dingo) 204 



Pariah Dog 206 



domestic DOGS (Canis familiaris) 207 



1 . — Group : Greyhounds ( C.J. g raj in 1.213 



Greyhound 215 



Greyhouud of the Desert . .216 

 *Scotch Greyhound ... .217 



Italian Greyhound 217 



Africau Naked Dog (C.f. a/ri- 



canus) 21S 



2. — Group: Mastiffs (C. /am. mo- 



lossns) 218 



Danish Dog ... 218 



