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ORDER II. RODKNTIA GNAWING ANIMALS 462 



Characteristics Distribution 402, 403 



Molar Teeth Growth of the Incisor Teeth 404 



Hibernation Utility 405, 406 



Squirrel Hare Beaver 407 



ORDER 1IL EDENTATA TOOTHLESS ANIMALS 408 



Characteristics of the Order How divided 409 



Armadillos Their Range and Habits Sloths 410 



Unau or Two-toed Sloth Its Mode of Progression 411 



Megatherium- Mylodon 412 



ORDER IV. RUMINANTIA RUMINATING ANIMALS 414 



Characteristics Sub-division Distribution Utility 415 



The Camel The Llama 417 



The Musk Deer Native Deer 418 



Giraffe or Camelopard 418 



Antelopes Chamois Gazelle Goat 419 



Sheep Elevation at which Species are found 420 



Ox Buffalo Bison 420 



Extinct Species of Oxen . ... 421 



ORDER V. PACHYDERMATA THICK-SKINNED ANIMALS. 421 



Hippopotamus Rhinoceros Swine Tapir Horse 422 



Elephant Its Food Structure and Development of its 



Teeth 425 



Distinctive Characters exhibited by the Teeth 425 



Evidence of the Former Existence of Elephants and other 



Pachvdermata in Britain 426 



OiiDEiiVL CETACEA WHALES DOLPHINS PORPOISES 427 



Characteristics. Division into Groups 427 



Dolphin Porpoise Bottle-head Whale i 428 



Cachalot or Spermaceti Whale 428 



Common or Baleen Whale 429 



Tail^-Structure of " Blubber." Its uses to the animal 430 



ORDER VII. CARNIVORA FLESH-EATING ANIMALS 432 



Characteristics Number of Species 432 



Seals Bears 433 



Badger Otter Weasel Ferret Stoat 434 



Dog Fox Wolf , 435 



Feline Animals "Great Cave Tiger," formerly in Eng 



land 435 



Cave of Hyaenas in Yorkshire 436 



Brevity of the Life, not of Individuals, but of Species 437 



How came Elephants, Bears, Tigers, &c. into England? ... 437 



