TABULAR LIST 



OF THE Chief Orders of the Vertebrate Class 

 MAMMALS. 



Order 1 Primates Man, Apes and Monkeys. 



2 Insectivors Hedgehogs, Shrews and Moles. 



„ 3 Chiroptera Bats. 



,, 4 Carnivors Dogs, Bears, Cats and the extinct 

 Creodonts. 



„ 5 Pinnipedes Seals. 



„ 6 Ungulates Hoofed Animals : even- toed and 

 odd-toed. 



„ 7 Elephants Elephants and their extinct ances- 

 tors. 



8 Amblypods Dinoceras and Arsinoitherium. 



9 Toxodonts Toxodon. 



10 Rodents Rats, Rabbits, Beavers and Porcu- 

 pines. 



11 Hyracoids The Syrian and African " Coney." 



12 Sirenians The Manatee, Dugong and Steller's 

 Sea-Cow. 



„ 13 Edentates Sloths, Armadilloes, Ant-eaters. 

 „ 14 Cetaceans Whales and Porpoises. 



„ 15 Marsupials Kangaroos, Opossums, Tasmanian 

 Wolf. 



16 Cloacals The Egg-laying Platypus and 

 Echidna of Australia. 



N B — The list is not complete. 



