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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER 

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XIX. 



XX. 



XXI. 



XXII. 



XXIII. 



XXIV. 



XXV. 



XXVI. 



xx\ai. 



XXVIII. 



XXIX. 



XXX. 



XXXI. 



XXXIT. 

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XXXIV. 

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XXXVI. 



XXXVII. 



XXXVIII. 



XXXIX. 



XL. 



XI.II. 



XLII. 



XLIII. 



Iloofed-iiiaininals (TJngulata) — Classification .... 

 Hoofed-mammals continued — Horses ..... 



Hoofed-mammals contmted—'Rxnmnanis — Camels — Oxen . 

 Ruminants contiinted — Sheep and Goats — Antelopes — Camelopards 

 Ruminants continued — Deer — Reindeer — Inquiry into their Origin in North 



America, Greenland, Spitzbergen 

 Ruminants continued — ]\Iusk-deer — Chevrotains — Anoplotheridae 

 Artiodactylian Non-Ruminants— Swine — Peccary — Hippopotamus 

 Multungida — Palajotheridoe — Nesodontidae — Macrauchenia — Tapirs 

 Multungula continued — Rhinoceros ........ 



Multungula continued — Extinct Elephants — Mastodon — Mammoth . . ' 



Multungula continued — Existing Elephants — Question as to Distinctness of Su 



matran Species — Elephants in Borneo ...... 



Multungula continued — Sirenia — Dinotheriimi — Manatee — Dugong — Rhytina 



Cetacea — Classification — "Whales and Dolphins — Zeuglodon — Platanista 



Edentata — Classification — Extinct Species — -Date and Range of Megatheroid 

 Species in North America — Existing Species ..... 



Insectivora — Classification — Moles — Shrews — Tupaias — Hedgehogs . 



Insectivora continued — Bats — Frugivorous Bats — Insectivorous Bats (Leaf-bear 

 ing and not Leaf-bearing) 



Rodents — Classification — Toxodon 



Rodents continued — Hystricidse — Capybara — Cavies — Chinchillas — Octodons 



— Echimyina — Agoutis — Porcupine 

 Rodents continued — Hyrax .... 



Rodents continued — Pikas — Hares 

 Rodents continued — Dormice — Squirrels — Marmots 

 Rodents continued — Beavers — Voles — Rats — Mice 



Marsupials — Classification — Entomophaga — Sarcophaga — Volita-ali;; 

 phaga — Poephaga — Linguales . 



Monotremes — Ornithorhynchus — Echidna 



Regional Distribution of Mammals 



Great and Minor Mammalian Regions 



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Appendix. 



I. Systems ol' Ckis^ification of Mammals proposed by different Authors of 



II. Different Classiticaf ions of the Insectivora 



III. Synonymic List of Species of Mammals and their Localities 



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