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Introductory note xv 



Section A.— LIST OF ANIMALS OF NOETH AMERICA BENEFICIAL OR 

 INJURIOUS TO MAN. 



I. Mammals 1 



1. Fenv (carnivores) 1 



Fissqiedia (laud carnivores) 1 



Piunipedia (seals, &c.) 5 



2. Uuftulata (hoofed animals) 7 



3. Sireuia (sea-cows, &c. ) 9 



4. Cete (wliales) 10 



Denticete (sperm whales and dolphins) 10 



Mysticete (Ijaleen whales) 12 



5. Insectivora (moles, &c.) 13 



6. Glires (gnawers) 14 



7. Marsui)ialia (marsupiates) 20 



n. Birds 20 



IIL Reptiles 21 



8. Crocodilia (crocodiles) * 21 



9. Testudinata (tortoises) 21 



V. Fishes •... 23 



. 10. Pediculati (anglers) 23 



11. Plectognathi (globe, tiimk, and file fialies) 23 



12. Lophobranchii ( j)ii)e-fishes, &c.) 25 



13. Tcleocephali 26 



Heterosomata (flat fishes) 2ii 



Anacanthiui (cods, &c.) 28 



Acanthopteri (spiny-finned fishes) 31 



Percesoces (mullets, &c.) 53 



Synentognathi (gar-fishes and flying-fishes) 54 



Haplomi (pikes, &c.) 55 



Isospondyli (salmon, herring, &c.) 56 



Eventognathi (carps) 61 



14. Nematoguathi (cat-fishes) G2 



15. Apodes (eels) 6o 



16. Cyclogauoidei (amias) 63 



17. Rhombogauoidei (gar-iiikes) — . 64 



18. Selachostomi (paddle-fish) 64 



19. Clioudrostei (sturgeons) 64 



VI. Elasmoijranciiiates 65 



20. Holocei)hali (chimseras) 65 



2L Eaiic (skates and rays) 6G 



22. Squall (sharks)....! 67 



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