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English Name Linnaean Name Synonymes Page 



P ^/ *P ectrum -[ 82 

 BAT Pteropus edulis. Pe'ron. 83 



SECTION IV. MARSUPIALIA, OR POUCH-BEARING ANIMALS. 



(Macropus giganteus. ^ 

 J * and Ow. *Haln-! fid 



< turns. -J%. and*Kan-f 

 I gurus. Desm. . . I 



OPOSSUM . . ;f '86 



PHALANGER Phalangista vulpina. Desm. 87 



SECTION V. RODENTIA, OR GNAWING ANIMALS. 



BEAVER . . Castor Fiber . ..... 88 



(Fiber zibethicus. Des. ) 



MUSK RAT ...... < Ondatra zibethica. > 90 



(^ Lacep. . . .) 



HARE . . Lepus timidus . ..... 91 



RABBIT (Wild) . Lepus cuniculus . ..... 93 



RABBIT (Domestic) .... ..... 94 



SQUIRREL . . Sciurus vulgaris . ..... 95 



DORMOUSE. . Mus avellanarius . M musoardinus. " 98 



Al :[ Musmarmotta - '-; 97 



C Cavia cobay a. Pall Cavia ~| 

 GUINEA-PIG . Mus porcellus .< &perea,.Erxl. Hydro- V 98 



( choerus aperea. F.Cuv.) 

 MOUSE . . Mus musculus 

 RAT . . . Mus decumanus . ..... 100 



/ Mus aquaticus. Briss. \ 

 I *Lemmus aquaticus. F. I 



WATER RAT . Mus amphibius J Cuv, Arvicola amphi- \ 102 



1 bia. Desm. and Jenyns. I 

 I Arvicola aquatica.-1'Ve/n. J 



LEMMING . . Mus Lemmus . Myodes Lemmus. Pall. . 103 

 T \Dipus Jerboa. Gmel. 1 lft , 



JERBOA ...... \ Mus 8agitta.-PaH. . \ l 



CHINCHILLA ..... Chinchilla lanigera . . 105 



PORCUPINE . Hystrix cristata . ..... 106 



COUENDOU . . Hystrix prehensilis Synetheres prehensilis.^ (7r.l06 



SECTION VI. EDENTATA, OR TOOTHLESS ANIMALS. 



SLOTH . . j 



ARMADILLO . Dasypus sexcinctus 



ANT-EATER . eC paga U ..... 110 



DUCK-BILLED 

 PLATYPUS 



rOrnithorhynchus para-} 



f I doxug ._^/ ttm . Platypus V 111 



.J \ anati nus.-SA>. . J 



