3 68 



QUADRUPEDS, 



FlG. 408.- -ZEliKA \V(I.l". 



beasts of prey, feeds on kangaroos and other inoffensive animals, and is hated by the 

 settlers for its depredations among the sheep that pasture on the plains. The colour 

 of this animal is yellowish brown, marked with transverse bands. 



SUB-CLASS II. PLACENTALIA.* 



PLACENTAL QUADRUPEDS, f 



In the Placental Mammals the young are born completely 

 furnished with all their limbs, and for some time are nourished 

 by milk derived from the teats of their mother. They are classi- 

 fied as in the table on the opposite page. 



ORDER CETACEA.J 



The Mammals are all hot-blooded and air-breathing animals ; 

 nevertheless, even from this highly-organized and highly-gifted 

 class, numerous races have been selected whose element is the 

 ocean, whose home is in the deep. The inhabitants of the earth 

 have their bodies supported on four legs, so that they are neces- 



* Animals whose progeny are nourished by the intervention of a placenta during the 



later stages of gestation. 



f Quatuor, four ; pes, a foot : a term generally applied to the Mammalia. 

 + KTJTOS, cetos, a ivJiale, 



