''HAP. V.] 



CLASSIFICATION. 



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the numerous families of Dr. Gray, seven in number, and the 

 two families to which Professor Carus restricts the existing 

 I therefore follow Mr. Turner. 



species. 



Bradypoda 

 Entomophaga 



Order— EDENTATA. 



Fain. 

 71. Brady podidae 

 '72. Manididae 



73. Dasypodidae 



74. Orycteropodidaa... 



75. Myrinecophagidae 



Sloths. 



Scaly Ant-eaters. 



Armadillos. 



Ant-bears. 



Ant-eaters. 



The Marsupials have been well classified and described by 

 Mr. Waterhouse in the first volume of his Natural History oj 

 Mammalia, and his arrangement is here followed. The sub- 

 orders adopted by Professor Carus are also given. 



Kapacia (Wagner) 



Poephaga (Owen) 

 Carpophaga (Owen) 

 Rhizophaga (Owen) 



Order— MARSUPIALIA. 



Fam. 



76. Didelphidae ... 



77. Dasyuridae ... 



78. Myrmecobiidae 



79. Peramelidae ... 



80. Macropodidae 



81. Phalangistidae 



82. Phascolomyidaj 



Opossums. 



Native Cats. 



Native Ant-eater. 



Bandicoots. 



Kangaroos. 



Phalangers. 



Wombats. 



Order— MONOTEEMATA. 



The last order, the Monotremata, consist of two families, which 

 Professor Carus combines into one, but which it seems more 

 natural to keep separate. 



Fam. 



83. Ornithorhynchidae 



84. Echidnidae 



Duckbill. 

 Echidna. 



