LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT 



Gorilla, Young Female Frontispiece 



THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 



IG. 1. The Duck-bill [OrnitliorJiynchus anatinus) . 



2. The Thylacine [Thylacinus cynocephalus) 



3. The Notoryct {Notoryctes typhlops) 



4. The Common Wombat (Phascolomys mitchelli) 



5. The Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) 



6. The Papuan Echidna {Proechidna bruijni) . 



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THE NEOTROPICAL REGION 



Fig. 7. The Quica Opossum (Didclphys ojwssuik) . 

 „ 8. Hoffmann's Sloth {Cliolopus hoffmanni) 

 „ 9. The Great Ant-eater [Myrmecophaga jubata) 

 „ 10. The Three- banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes trichicttts) 



, 11. The Lama (Lame peruana) 



,. 12. The Barrigudo (Lagotliri.r humboldti) . 



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THE ETHIOPIAN REGION 



Fig. 13. The Cape Aard-vark (Oryctero2ms capensis) 



„ 14. The White-bellied Pangolin (Manis tricuspis) 



„ 15. The Hippopotamus {Hippopotamus amphibius 



„ 16. The Giraffe (Giraffa cavielojMrdalis) . 



„ 17. The Aard-wolf (Protclcs cristatus) 



„ 18. The Chimpanzee (Anthropopithecus troglodytes) 



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