TABULAR LIST 



OF THE Chief Orders op the Vertebrate Class 

 MAMMALS. 



Order 1 Primates Man, Apes and Monkeys. 



2 Insectivors Hedgehogs, Shrews and Moles. 



3 Chiroptera Bats. 



4 Carnivors Dogs, Bears, Cats and the extinct 

 Creodonts. 



5 Pinnipedes Seals. 



6 Ungulates Hoofed Animals : even-toed and 

 odd- toed. 



7 Elephants Elephants and their extinct ances- 

 tors. 



8 Amblypods Dinoceras and Arsinoitherium. 



9 Toxodonts Toxodon. 



10 Rodents Rats, Rabbits, Beavers and Porcu- 

 pines. 



11 Hyracoids The Syrian and Africa,n " Coney." 

 ,, 12 Sirenians The Manatee, Dugong and Steller's 



Sea-Cow. 



,, 13 Edentates Sloths, Armadilloes, Ant-eaters. 

 ,, 14 Cetaceans Whales and Porpoises. 



„ 15 Marsupials Kangaroos, Opossums, Tasmanian 

 Wolf. 



„ 16 Cloacals The Egg-laying Platj^pus and 

 Echidna of Australia. 



N.B. — The list is not complete 

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