I.] 



GENERAL VIEW. 



the hind foot of an even number, as the Hippo- 

 potamus, the Hogs, the Peccaries, the Camels and 

 Llamas, the Musk Deer, the Deer, the Giraffes, the 

 Antelopes (including the Saiga and four-horned and 

 prong-horned antelopes), and Oxen, Goats, and 

 Sheep. 

 XL HYRACOIDEA. Including only the genus Hyrax, one 



species of which is " the coney" of Scripture. 

 XII. EDENTATA. A very strange order, containing very- 

 diverse forms, namely : the two- and three-toed 

 Sloths (Cholcepus and Bradypus), with the extinct 



FIG. 19. THE HYRAX. 



FIG. 20. THE THREE-TOED 



SLOTH 

 (Bradypus). 



FIG. 21. THE GREAT 



ANT-EATER 

 (Mynnecophaga). 



Mylodon and Megatherium, the Ant-eaters, the 

 Pangolins (see Lesson VII. for a figure), the Cape 

 Ant-eater (Orycteropus], and the Armadillos, in- 

 cluding the extinct Glyptodon. 



FIG. 22. THE CAPE ANT-EATER FIG. 23. AN ARMADILLO 



(Orycterofius}. (Dasypits). 



The second sub-class comprises the Marsupials or pouched 

 animals only. It is called DIDELPHIA, and the animals 

 contained within it are termed Didelphous mammals, 

 consists of one order only : . . 



XIII. MARSUPIALIA. A very varying group, containing 

 the true Opossums (Didclphys), the Kangaroos, the 

 Phalanges, the W^ombat and Koala, the Dasyures, 

 the Tasmanian Wolf (Thylacimis), the Bandicoots 

 (JPerameles), and Cheer opus. 

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