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MAMMALIA QtJADEtJMANA INSECTIVORA DIAGRAM 3 



such as the dolphins and porpoises, which are found on our 

 coasts ; and it also includes the cachalot and the whale. 



OEDEE QUDAEUMANA. 



THE APES, which we find placed at the head of the mammals, 

 inhabit warm countries. The most intelligent of all is the 



chimpanzee; the strongest and 

 most savage is the gorilla, Both 

 these inhabit Africa. The gorilla 

 is as large as a man, but its 

 limbs are of very extraordinary 

 strength, and can, it is said, twist 

 the barrel of a gun. Its teeth 

 Skull of ape. are formidable as those of a lion. 



OEDEE INSECTIVOEA. 



THE BATS are the only 

 mammals which can fly, 

 but they achieve this 

 with far less gracefulness 

 than birds or insects. They 

 are covered with hair, have 

 Bat flying a mouth furnished with 



small sharp teeth, like all carnivorous animals, and when they 

 are killed, the female is often found carrying her young one 

 hanging on her shoulders, and its head downwards ; si 10 flies 

 everywhere with it, 



