LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Fig. • PAGK 



115. PhotograiDh of the specimen of the Okapi {Okapia 



erichsoni) obtained by Sir Harry Johnston near the 

 Semhki river in Central Africa. . . .165 



116. Photograph of a sktill of a male Okapi . . 164 



117. Photograph of tlie two " bandohers " cut from the 



striped part of the skin of an Okapi . . .165 



118. Photograph of a stuffed specimen of the two-toed 



Sloth {Cholcepus didactylus), hanging from a 

 brancli of a tree . . . . . .168 



119. Photograph of a stuffed specimen of the Hairy 



Armadillo or Peludo {Dasypus villosus) . . 169 



120. Drawing of the skeleton of the great extinct 



armadillo-like animal called Glyptodon . . 170 



121. Probable apjDearance in life of the Giant Ground 



Sloth, the Megatherium gigantemn . . .171 



122. The skeleton of Mylodon robustus, one of the giant 



Ground Sloths of the Argentine. . . . 17S 



123. View, looking outwards, from the mouth of the 



cavern on the fiord of the Ultima Speranza in 

 Southern Patagonia, in which have been found the 

 skin and hair and the bones with cartilage, blood 

 and tendon and the dung of the Mylodon and 

 other animals . . . . . . .174 



124. Photograph of a piece of the skin of the Mylodon 175 



125. The under side of the same piece of skin as that 



shown in Fig. 124 ..... 176 



126. Photograph of various specimens found with the 



remains of the Mylodon in the Ultima Speranza 

 cave ........ 177 



127. Photograph of remains of Mylodon from the cave 



of the Ultima Sj^eranza . . . . .178 



128. Photograph of a " barrel-full of bones " obtained 



by prospectors from the cave of Ultima Speranza 179 



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