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1'AGE 



Class VI. Mammalia, ..... .188 



Subclass I. Prototheria (Ornithodelphia), . . . . .188 



Order 1. .Monotremata, . . . 188 



Subclass II. Metatheria (Didelphia), . . . . .191 



Order 1. Marsupialia, ....... 191 



Subclass III. Eutheria (Monodelphia), ... .195 



Group A. Non-Deciduata, . ... 196 



Order 1. Edentata (Bruta), .... .196 



Order 2. Ungulata, . . . . . . .199 



Order 3. Cetacea, . . . . . . .203 



Order 4. Sirenia, . . . . . . .203 



Group B. Deciduata, ... ... 207 



Order 5. Kodentia (Glires), . . . 207 



Order 6. Proboscidea, . . .212 



Order 7. Hyracoidea (Lanmugia), ..... 212 



Order 8. Insectivora, ....... 215 



Order 9. Cheiroptera. ... ... 215 



Order 10. Carnivora (Ferae), . . . . . .218 



Order 11. Prosimise (Lemuroidea), . . . . .222 



Order 12. Primates, . . . . . . .222 



Principles of Distribution, ....... 227 



Distribution of Mammals, . . . . . . .231 



Table showing the Geological Eange of the Chief Animal Groups. . . 238 



