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Order Insectivora. 



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Examples, Erinaceus (Hedgehog). Dentition 



Placenta deciduate. Palaearotic, Ethiopian 

 and Oriental Regions. 

 Sorex (Shrew). Europe, Asia, N. America. 

 Talpa (Mole). Palaearctie Region. 

 Galeopithecus (F 1 y i n g- s h r e w). Malay 



Archipelago and Phillipines. 

 Order Carnivora. 

 Sub-order Fissipedia. Digits separate. Witli carnassial teeth. 



Examples, Felis (Cat, Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Puma or 



Couguar, Jaguar). Digitigrade. 

 Viverra (Civet). 

 Herpestes (Mongoose). 

 Hyaena (Hyaena). Digitigrade. 

 Canis (Dog, Wolf, Jackal, Fox). Digitigrade. 

 Ursus (Bear). Plantigrade. 

 Procyon (Raccoon). Plantigrade. 

 Lutra (Otter). 

 Mustela or Putorius (Weasel). 



Sub-order Pinnipedia. Aquatic Carnivores. Limbs fin-like, the 

 digits webbed or bound together by integument. Without 

 distinct carnassial teeth. 



Examples, Otaria (Sea-lion). Antarctic, Pacific Coasts of 

 America and Asia. Dentition ~-~^, ^- . 



Trichechus (Walrus). Upper canines are 

 large tusks. Arctic Seas. 



Phoca (Seal). Dentition |M|. Arctic, N. 



Atlantic and Pacific. 

 Order Cetacea. 

 Sub -order Mystacoceti (Whalebone Whales). 



Examples, Balaena (Greenland or Right Whale). Arctic. 



Balaenoptera sibbaldi (Sibbald's Rorqual). 



The largest of the whales (length 60 to 



85 feet), and, incidentally, the largest of 



living animals. Atlantic and Arctic. 



Sub-order Odontoceti (Toothed Whales). Without whalebone. 



Examples, Physeter (Sperm Whale, or Cachalot). 



Southern Seas. 



Phocaena (Porpoise). Atlantic and Pacific. 

 Delphinus (Dolphin). In all seas. 



