VOL. I. 



INTRODUCTION . . 



BOOK I. MAMMALS. 

 I. APES, MONKEYS, AND LEMURS 

 II. THE CAT TRIBE 



III. THE FOSSA, CIVETS, AND ICHNEUMONS 



IV. THE HYAENAS AND AARD-WOLF 

 V. THE DOG FAMILY . 



VI. THE BEARS .... 

 VII. THE SMALLER CARNIVORA 

 VIII. MARINE CARNIVORA : THE SEALS, SEA- 

 LIONS, AND WALRUS 



IX. THE RODENTS, OR GNAWING ANIMALS 



X. THE BATS AND INSECT-EATING 



MAMMALS 



XI. THE ELEPHANT, TAPIR, HYRAX, AND 

 RHINOCEROS 



165 



172 



XXI. 

 XXII. 



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THE HORSE TRIBE . , .189 



THE HOLLOW-HORNED RUMINANTS : 

 OXEN, BISON, BUFFALOES, AND 

 MUSK-OX 207 



THE SHEEP AND GOATS . .221 

 THE ANTELOPES .... 239 

 THE GIRAFFE AND OKAPI . . 264 

 THE DEER TRIBE . . .271 



THE CAMEL TRIBE AND THE 

 CHEVROTAINS .... 302 



THE PIG AND HIPPOPOTAMUS . 310 



THE DUGONG, MANATEES, WHALES, 

 PORPOISES, AND DOLL>IIINS . . 327 



THE SLOTHS, ANT-EATERS, AND 

 ARMADILLOS .... 336 



MARSUPIALS AND MONOTRKMUS . 344 



Ocelot from Central America 

 The largest Gorilla ever captured 

 African Lion and Lioness . . 

 Wolf from Central Europe . . 

 Himalayan Black Bear 

 Raccoon 



COLOURED 



Facing page i 



. 33 



65 



,, ,, 97 

 . 129 

 Chapman's Zebras ,,1(51 



PLATES. 



Highland Cattle . . . . Facing page 193 



Female Kudu 225 



Northern Giraffe ,,257 



Fallow Deer ,,289 



A Hippopotamus gaping . . . 321 



The Great Kangaroo ... ... 353 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. 



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Pekin Deer in summer dress . 



Negro Boy and Apes 



Skeletons of Man and Gorilla . 



Sea-swallows .... 



African Leopard . . 



East African Giraffe . . 



Flying-fox . . 



Dolphins . 



A Happy Family , 



Elephants . 



Giant Tortoise .... 



A group of Crocodilians . 



Somali Zebras .... 



Sun-fish viii 



A young Chimpanzee (Anger, 

 Pleasure, Fear) . 



Arabian Baboon 



"Jenny," the well-known 

 Chimpanzee at the Zoo 



A young Chimpanzee . . 



Htad of male Gorilla . 



A male Gorilla . 



Young Orang-utans . . . 



Baby Orang-utans at play 



Two baby Orang-utans. The 

 tug-of-war .... 



White-handed Gibbon 



Hulock Gibbon .... 



Head of Proboscis Monkry 



Cross-bearing Langu rand young 11 



Male Himalayan Langur . 



Gelada Baboons at home . . 



Mantled Guereza . . 



Diana Monkey .... 



Barbary Ape . . . 



Rhesub Monkey . 



Rhesus Monkey and Sooty 

 Mangiibey .... 



Grey-cheeked Mangabey . 



Chinese Macaque 



Grivet Monkey .... 



Bonnet Monkey and Arabian 

 Baboon . 



Rhesus Monkeys 



Orange Snub-nosed Monkey 



Pig-tailed Monkey , 



Chaccia Baboon 



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