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



MANATEE (Manatus americanus) . , , . . ,, >, J44 



Two- TOED SLOTH (Cholcepus didactylus] .... 148 



GREAT ANT-EATER (Myrmecophaga jubata] . . . 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 



