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Family 2. Myrmecophagidae. 



Limbs short and stout: muzzle exceedingly long: no 

 teeth. South American. 

 Ex. Myrmecophaga. 



Family 3. Dasypodidae. 



Limbs short and stout: face long with numerous teeth: 

 a shield of dermal bones covered by horny scales. South 

 American. 



Ex. Dasypus. 



Order II. Effodientia. 



Eutheria resembling Edentata in teeth and claws but with 

 bicornuate uterus and zonary or diffused placenta. 

 Family 1. Manidae. 



Covered externally with large, overlapping horny scales : 

 no teeth : long protractile tongue. Asian and African. 



Ex. Manis. 

 Family 2. Orycteropodidae. 



Covered with bristly hairs: teeth numerous and heter- 

 odont: no thumb on anterior limb. African. 

 Ex. Orycteropus. 



Order III. Insectivora. 



Small plantigrade Eutheria, with pointed cusps on the 

 molar teeth : the brain of low type : a flexible snout often 

 present. The more familar families are 

 Family 1. Erinaceidae. 



Insectivora with the body covered with harsh spines: 

 limbs subequal. 



Ex. Erinaceus. 

 Family 2. Soricidae. 



Small mouse-like Insectivora with soft fur. 

 Ex. Sorex, Blarina, 

 Family 3. Talpidae. 



Mouse-like Insectivora with rudimentary eyes and large 

 hands adapted to burrowing. 



Ex. Talpa, Condylura, Myogale. 



Order IV. Carnivora. 



Eutheria with sharp recurved claws and powerful canine 

 teeth: the premolars adapted for clipping flesh: the incisors 

 small. 



