CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



SPECIMENS OF NATUEAL HISTORY IN SPIRIT. 



Class MAMMALIA. 

 Subclass I. IMPLACENTALIA. 



Order I. MONOTREMATA. 



These animals are so named from their having only one outlet for their excre- 

 tions. They are the lowest of the Mammiferous Class, and are peculiar to 

 New Holland. 



Genus ORNITHORHYNCHUS, Blum. 



756. The Duck Mole or Platypus (Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, Blum. ; 



Platypus anatinus, Shaw). 

 Fig. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. i. p. 228 ; Nat. Misc. pi. 385. Cuv. R. A. 



vol. iii. p. 265. 

 Hab. New Holland. They frequent rivers and marshy places, particularly 



in the neighbourhood of Port Jackson. 



Genus ECHIDNA, Cuv. 



757. The Aculeated Ant-eater, Spiny Platypus, or Echidna (Echidna 



Histrix, Cuv. ; Ornithorhynchus hystrix, Home ; Myrmecophaga 



aculeata, Shaw). 



Fig. Cuv. R. A. vol. iii. p. 264. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. i. p. 175. 

 Hab . New Holland. 



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