CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Order QUADRUMANA ; OR THE MONKEY TRIBE. 



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13 



Family SIMIAD.E : 



Gorilla Troglodytes Gorilla 15 



Orang-Outang Simla satyrus 23 



Siamang Siamanga syndactyla 28 



Gibbons Hylobates 30 



Colobus Colobus 36 



Macaques Macacus 44 



Baboons Cynocephalus 55 



Family CEBIM: : 



American Monkeys 72 



Family LEMHRID^E : 



Lemurs Lemur 



92 



Family GALEOPITHECID^E : 



Colugo Galeoptthecus volltans 101 



Order CHEIROPTERA; OR WING-HANDED ANI- 

 MALS 102 



Vampire Bat Vampyrus spectrum 104 



Great Horseshoe Bat Rhlnolophus ferrum 



equtnum 107 



Flying Fox Pteropus rubrlcollls 112 



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Order PER.E. 



Family FELID^E ; OR THE CAT TRIBE .................. 116 



Lions Leo ....................................... 117 



Tigers Tigris ............................... "."". 130 



Leopards Leopard us ............................ 137 



Cats Felis . ................................... 153 



Lynxes Lyncus .................................. leg 



Chetah Qucparda jubata .......... , ............ 171 



Hyenas Hyaena .................................. 173 



Civets Prnteles ................................... 182 



Genetts Oenctta ..... ............................ 137 



Ichneumon Herpestes ..... ..................... 189 



Family CANID.E ; OR THE Doo TRIBE .................... 198 



Domesticated Dogs Canis famtllarts. . ......... 200 



Wild Dogs Cants ................................ 255 



Wolves Canis .................................... 260 



Foxes Vulpes ---- . ............ ................... 267 



Family MUSTELIDJE ; OR THE WEASEL TRIBE ............ 275 



Polecat Putorlus .............................. 279 



Weasels Musteln ......................... ...... 284 



Ratels Mellivora ............................... 997 



Glutton Oulo ................................... 299 



Skunk Mephitis .............................. . . 300 



Badger Melts .................................... 303 



Otters Lutra ................................ . . 305 



BEAR FAMILY URSID js ...................... 311 



True Bears Ursus ................... . . 312 



