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LIST OF ILLUSTKATIONS 



POLAR BEAR AND CUBS (Ursus tnaritimus) 



BROWN BEAR (Ursus arctos) 



SLOTH BEAR (Melursus ursinus) . . 



CALIFORNIAN SEA-LION (Otaria californiana) 



WALRUS (Trichechtis rosmarus) . 



SEAL (COMMON) (Phoca vitulina) 



HEDGEHOG (Erinaceus europceus) , 



TUPAIA (Tupaia chrysura) 



COBEGO (Galeopithecus volans) 



FLViNG-Fox (Pteropus medius) . 



VAMPIRE (Desmodus rufus) 



BEAVER (Castor fiber) 



INDIAN STRIPED SQUIRREL (Sciurus palmarunt) 



MUSQUASH (Fiber aibethicus) 



HAMSTER (Cricetus frumentarius) 



SPRING-HAAS (Pedetes coffer) 



PORCUPINE (Hystrix cristatd) 



VIZCACHA (Lagostomus trichodactylns) 



CAPYBARA (Hydrochcerns capybara) . 



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