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4.— Genus: Pouched Squirrels (Pe- 



lanroides) 586 



Pouched Squirrel (P. volans) . 586 

 5. — Geuus : Sugar Squirrels (Pelau- 



rus) 586 



Sugar Squirrel (P. sciureus) . 586 

 6. — Genus: Opossum Mouse (Acro- 



bates) 587 



Opossum Mouse (A.pygnurus) 587 



Third Family: Wombats or Rodent- 

 like Marsupials (Phascolomyida). 

 Genus : Wombats (Phascolomys) 587 

 Tasmauian Wombat (P. ursi- 



nus) 587 



Broad-fronted Wombat (P. lat- 

 ifrons) 587 



Second Suborder : Carnivorous 

 Marsupials (Polyprotodontid) . . 588 



Fifteenth Order: 



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First Family : Ant-eaters (Echid- 

 tiidtr) 596 



I. — Genus : Porcupine Ant-eaters 



{Echidna) 596 



Australian Porcupine Ant-eater 

 (E. aculcata typica) .... 596 



1AI.I-. 



Fourth Family: Baudieoots (Per- 



amelidcz) . , 588 



Genus : Bandicoots (Perameles) 588 

 Long-nosed Bandicoots (P. na- 

 suta) 588 



Fifth Family : Predaceous Marsu- 

 pials (Dasyuridce) 588 



the dasyurines (Dasyufina). 



1. — Genus: Zebra-wolves (Thylaci- 



nus) 589 



Zebra- wolf {T. cynocephalus) 589 

 2. — Genus: Tasmanian Devil (Sarco- 



philus) 589 



Tasmanian Devil (S. ursinus. . 589 

 3. — Genus: Dasyures (Dasyurus) , . 590 

 Spotted Dasyure (D. viverri- 

 nus) 590 



EGG-LAYINQ MAHflALS. 



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Papuan Porcupine Ant-eater . 



(E. aculeata lawesi) .... 596 

 Tasmanian Porcupine Ant- 

 eater {E. aculeata selosa) . 596 

 2. — Genus ■ Woolly Echidna ( Pro- 

 echidna) . 597 



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the banded ant-eaters (Myr- 



mecobiinte) 590 



4. — Genus : Banded Anteaters^/yr- 



mecobius) 590 



Banded Ant-eater (M.fasciatus)^o 



Sixth Family: Pouched Rats (Di- 

 delphyidce) 591 



1. — Genus: Pouched Rats (Didel- 



phys) 591 



Common Opossum (D. marsu- 



pialis) ' 591 



2. — Genus : Philanders (Philander) . 594 

 Crab-eating Opossum (P. phi- 

 lander) 594 



3. — Genus : Water Opossums (Chiro- 



nec/es) . 594 



Water Opossum (C. minimus). 594 



Monotremata. 595. 



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Woolly Echidna {P. bruijnii) 597 

 Second Family: Duck-moles (Or- 



nithorhynchidcs) 597 



Genus: Duck -moles (Ornitho- 



rhynchus) 597 



Duck-mole (O. analinus) . . 597 



Addenda to the Table of Contents (revised edition.) 



American Long-eared Bats (Plecotus mocrotus) 82 



Common Brown Bat ( Vespertilio subulatus) 82 



( Vespertilio lucifugus) 82 



( Vespertilio nitidus) 82 



( Vespertilio evotis) 82 



Serotine Bats ( Vesperugo seronilus) 82 



( Vesperugo hesperus) 82 



( Vesperugo georgianus) 82 



( Vesperugo nocttvagans) 82 



Red or New York Bat (atalapha noveboracensis) 82 



