

Evolution 



range between 80 and 93 degrees Fahrenheit, whereas all other 

 mammals, so far as is known, have a blood temperature between 





FlG. 106. New Guinea Spiny Ant-eater. 



97 and 105, and moreover one that is remarkably constant for 

 each species during normal health. The brain development and 



FIG. 107. Australian Spiny Ant-eate 



the intelligence are also much lower than in other mammals, 

 though distinctly superior to those met with among the reptiles. 



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