242 THE HISTORY OF CREATION. 
whole resembled it in the unwieldy and clumsy form of 
body. This extinct group, which probably corresponded with | 
the gigantic placental hoofed animals of the present day— 
_the hippopotami and rhinoceroses—may be called Hoofed 
Marsupials (Barypoda). Closely allied to them is the order 
of kangaroos, or Leaping Marsupials (Macropoda), which 
all have seen in zoological gardens. In their shortened 
fore legs, their very lengthened hind legs, and very strong 
tail, which serves as a jumping pole, they correspond with 
the leaping mice in the class of Rodents. Their jaw, how- 
ever, resembles that of horses, and their complex stomach 
that of Ruminants. <A third order of Herbivorous Marsupials 
corresponds in its jaws to Rodents, and in its subterranean 
mode of life, especially, to digging mice. Hence they may 
be termed Rodent Marsupials, or root-eating pouched animals 
(Rhizophaga). They are now represented only by the 
Australian wombat (Phascolomys). A fourth and last order 
of Herbivorous Marsupials is formed by the climbing or 
Fruit-eating Marsupials (Carpophaga), whose mode of life 
and structure resembles partly that of squirrels, partly 
that of apes (Phalangista, Phascolarctus). 
The second legion of Marsupials, the Carnivorous Mar- 
supials (Zoophaga), is likewise divided into four main 
groups or orders. The most ancient of these is that of the 
primeval, or Insectivorous Marsupials (Cantharophaga). It 
probably includes the primary forms of the whole legion, 
and possibly also those of the whole sub-class. At least, all 
the lower jaws from Stonesfield (with the exception of the 
Stereognathus) belong to Insectivorous Marsupials, and the 
still living Myrmecobius is their nearest relative. But some 
of those oolitic Primeval Marsupials possessed a larger 
