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* H harder UIPKOTODONTIA ..... 144 



Family PHASCOLOMYIDA;, 144 ; Pkascolomys, 145 ; Phascol- 

 onus, 146. .Fami7i/PHALANGERiD.E,147; Subfamily Tarsipedinse, 



148 ; Tarsipcs, 148 ; Subfamily Phalangerinse, 149 ; Phalanger, 



149 ; Trichosurus, 150 ; Pseudoehirus, 151 ; Petauroides, 152 ; 

 Dactylopsila, 152 ; Petaurus, 153 ; Gfymnobelideus, 154 ; 

 Dromicia, 154 ; Distcechurus, 155 ; Acrobates, 155 ; Subfamily 

 Phascolarctinae, 155 ; Phascolarctus, 156. EXTINCT PHAL- 

 ANGEROIDS, 157 ; Thylacoleo, 157. Family MACROPOPID-E, 

 158 ; Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae, 162 ; Hy2>siprymnodon, 

 162 ; 7'ricfts, 162 ; Subfamily Potoroinse, 162 ; Potorous, 163 ; 

 Bett&ngia, 163 ; Caloprymnus, 164 ; jEpyprymnus, 164 ; /Swfi- 

 family Macropodinse, 164 ; Lagostrophus, 165 ; Deiidrolagus, 

 165 ; Dorcopsis, 166 ; Lagorchestes, 166 ; Onychogale, 166 ; 

 Peiroyale, 167 ; Macropus, 167 ; Extinct genera, 170. EXTINCT 

 FAMILIES, 171 ; Diprotodon, 171 ; Nototherium, 171. 



CHAPTER VII 



THE SUBCLASS EUTHERIA AND THE ORDER EDENTATA . .173 



General characters and classification of Eutheria, 173. 

 ORDER EDENTATA . . . . . .176 



Family BRADYPODIIXE, 179 ; Bradypus, 181 ; Cholcepus, 

 182 ; Nothropus, 183. Family MEGATHERIID^E, 183 ; Mega- 

 therium, 185 ; Scelidotherium and Mylodon, 188 ; Promega- 

 therium, 189. Family MYRMECOPHAGID.E, 190 ; Myrmecophaga, 

 190 ; Tamandua, 192 ; Cycloturus, 193. Family DASYPODID^;, 

 194 ; Subfamily Chlamydophorinre, 196 ; Chlamydophorus, 196 ; 

 Subfamily Dasypodinffi, 197 ; Dasypus, 197 ; Xcmirus, 198 ; 

 Priodon, 198 ; Tolypeutes, 199 ; Subfamily Tatusiiuae, 200 ; 

 Tatusia, 200 ; Extinct genera, 201. Family GLYPTODONTID*, 

 202. Family MANID^:, 204 ; Manis, 204 ; Palceomanis, 208. 

 Family ORYCTEROPODID.E, 208 ; Orycteropus, 208. Biblio- 

 graphy, 211. 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE ORDERS SIRENIA AND CETACEA . . .212 



ORDER SIRENIA . . . . . .212 



Family MANATID.S, 215 ; Manat-us, 215. Family HALI- 

 CORID^!, 220 ; Halicore, 220. Family RHYTINID^:, 221 ; 

 Rhytina, 221. EXTINCT SIRENIANS, 222 ; Halilherium, 222 ; 

 Other forms, 223. Bibliography, 224. 



ORDER CETACEA . . . . . .225 



234 



Family BAL.fiNiD.fi, 234 ; Balccna, 236 ; Neobalcena, 241 ; 

 Rhachiaiiectes, 241 ; Megaptera, 241 ; Balcenoptera, 242 ; Extinct 

 genera, 245. 



