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Europe. The only species extending beyond those 

 countries, and living at Hudson's Bay, is the H. 

 dorsata. 



25. The Jerboas (Dipus) inhabits, for the most 

 part, warm countries, and extends, in two species, as 

 far as the 55th degree N.L. The Alaglala (D. jacu- 

 lus), according to Pallas, does not occur beyond the 

 63d degree N. L. in Asia. D. Hudsonius lives in the 

 vicinity of Hudson's Bay. 



26. Swine, to which, besides the Genus of the 

 Swine, belongs the Tapri in America ; the Ele- 

 phant, hi Africa and Asia; the two species of Rhi- 

 noceros ; and the Hippopotamos ; are peculiar to the 

 Warm and warmer half of the Temperate Zones. The 

 Genus of the Swine is the most diffused ; but it does 

 not, in a wild state, extend beyond the 60th degree 

 N.L. Domestic Swine are met with as far as the 

 63d degree of Latitude. 



27. Sloths (Bradypodd) contain, besides the Ge- 

 nus of the Sloths, also that of the Ant-Eater (Myr- 

 mecophaga), the Mannis (Manis), and the Armadillos 

 (Dasypus). They are altogether natives of the warm 

 countries, not extending beyond the 30th degree of 

 Latitude. The Genus of Sloths represents in the 

 Picture the whole Order. 



28. Handed Mammalia, Monkeys, and Apes are, 



