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NARHWAL (Monodon monoceros) ..... To face page 140 



MANATEE (Manatus americanus) ..... *44 



TWO-TOED SLOTH (Choloepus didactylus) .... J 48 



GREAT ANT-EATER (Myrmecophaga jubatd) . . . 152 



HAIRY ARMADILLO (Dasypus villosus) . . . . ,, ,, 156 



RED KANGAROO (Macropus rufus) . . . . ,,,,160 



VULPINE PHALANGER (Trichosurus vulpecula) . . . 164 



TASMANIAN DEVIL (Sarcophilus ursinus) . . . ,,,,168 



VIRGINIAN OPOSSUM (Didelphys virginiana) . . . 172 



ECHIDNA (Echidna hystrix) . . . . . ,,,,176 



PLATYPUS OR DUCKBILL (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) . , ,,,,180 



