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Silver Fox Fennec Family Mustelidae : Weasel Stoat or 

 Ermine Polecat Ferret Mink Marten Sable Glutton 

 Badger Cape Zorilla Skunk Teledu Common Otter 

 Sea Otter Family Procyonidae : Raccoon Coaiti Kinkajou 

 Cacomistle Panda Family Ursidae : Brown Bear Grizzly 

 Bear Syrian Bear Polar Bear Black Bear Malayan Bear 

 Spectacled Bear Sloth Bear 103 



CHAPTER VII 



ORDER IV. CARNIVORA (continued) 

 SUB-ORDER 2. CARNIVORA OF THE SEA 



General description of the Pinnipedia Common Seal Grey Seal 



Bladder-nose or Crested Seal Greenland Seal Sea 

 Leopard Sea Elephant Sea Lion Sea Bear, or Northern 

 Fur Seal Walrus 189 



CHAPTER VIII 

 ORDER V. RODENTIA (GNAWING ANIMALS) 



SUB-ORDER i. SIMPLE-TOOTHED RODENTS 

 SUB-ORDER 2. DOUBLE-TOOTHED RODENTS 



General description of the Rodentia Table of Sub-orders 

 Common Squirrel Grey Squirrel Taguan Flying Squirrel 

 Polatouche Assapan Anomalure Chipmunk Marmot 

 Woodchuck Prairie Dog Beaver Mouse-like Rodents 

 House Mouse Field Mouse Harvest Mouse Dormouse 

 Black Rat Brown Rat Field Vole Water Vole Musquash 



Hamster Lemming Jerboa Cape Jumping Hare 

 Porcupine Chinchilla Viscacha Agouti Guinea Pig 

 Capybara Hare Wild Rabbit Tame Rabbit Pika . . 207 



CHAPTER IX 

 ORDER VI. UNGULATA (HOOFED ANIMALS) 



SUB-ORDER i. HYRACOIDEA 



SUB-ORDER 2. PROBOSCIDEA (PROBOSCIS BEARERS) 



SUB-ORDER 3. PERISSODACTYLA (ODD-TOED ANIMALS) 



General description of the Ungulata Sub-order i. Hyracoidea : 

 Syrian Hyrax Sub-order 2. Proboscidea: Elephant Sub- 



