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The Dormouse Family (Myoxida), 



Loir (Myoxus glis), 14.0 



Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), 149 



The Heaver Family (Castorida), . 



Beaver (Castor fiber), .... 



The Mouse Family (Murida), 



The Mole-rats, 



Common European Mole-rat (Spalax typhlus), 

 The Hamsters {Cricetiis), 



Hamster Proper (Cricetus frumentarius), 

 Rats and Mice (Muriiui), 



Black Rat (Mus rattus), 



Brown Rat (Mus decumanus), . 



Common Domestic Mouse (Mus musculus), 



Field-mouse (Mus agrarius), 



Long-tailed Field-mouse (Mus sylvaticus), 



Harvest-mouse (Mus minutus), . 



Striped or Barbary Mouse (Mus striatus), 



The Voles {ArvicoUnd), .... 

 Common Field-vole (Arvicola arvalis), 

 Water-rat or Water-vole (Arvicola amphibius), 

 Lemming (Myodes lemmus), 

 Musk-rat or Musquash (Fiber zibethicus), 



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The genera Hydromys, Meriones, Gerbillus, 159-160 



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The Jerboa Family (Dipodida), . 



Egyptian Jerboa (Dipus mauritanicus), 

 Jumping-rabbit of Siberia (Alactaga jaculus), 

 Cape Jumping-hare (Pedetes caffer), . 

 Phillips's Pocket-mouse (Dipodomys Phillipsii). 

 Gopher (Geomys bursaria), 



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The Porcupine Family (Hystricida), . 



Common European Porcupine (Hystrix cristata), 163 

 African Brush-tailed Porcupine (Atheruraafricana), 164 

 Tri-coloured Tree-porcupine (Cercolabes villosus), 164 



The Spiny Rat Family (Echimyida), . 

 Coypu (Myopotamus coypu), 



The Degu Family (Octodontida), . 



Degu of the Chileans (Octodon Cummingii), 



The Chinchilla Fa.mily (Chinchillida), 



Larger Chinchilla (Eriomys chinchilla), 

 Smaller Chinchilla (Eriomys laniger), 

 Cuvier's Lagidium (Lagidium Cuvieri), 

 Vizcacha (Lagostomus trichodactylus). 



The Agouti Family (Subungulata), 



Agouti Proper or Golden Agouti (Dasyprocta 



Aguti), 



Paca (Coelogenys paca), .... 



Patagonian Cavy or Mara (Dolichotis patagonica), 171 

 Restless Cavy or Apcrca (Cavia aperea), . 

 Capybara (Hydrochoerus capybara), . 



The Rabbit Family (Leporida), . 



Alpine Pika (Lagomys alpinus), . 

 Common Hare (Lepus timidus), .- 



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Alpine, Mountain, or Northern Hare (Lepus 



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Rabbit (Lepus cuniculus), 175 



Geographical Distribution and Descent of the Rodents, 175 



THE EDENTATES (EDENTATA). 



Introduction, igo 



The Sloths (Bradypoda), 181 



Ai or Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), . 182 



Unau or Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus), 183 



The Armadillos (Dasypoda), . . . . 



Giant Armadillo (Prionodon gigas), . 

 Six-banded Armadillo (Dasypus sexcinctus), 

 Pichiciago (Chlaniydophorus truncatus), . 



The Worm-tongued Edentates (Vermilinguia), 

 Aard-vark or Cape Ant-bear (Orycteropus capcn 



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The True Ant-eaters {Myrmecophagida), 

 Great Ant-eater or Ant-bear (Myrmecophaga 



Jubata), 



Tamandiia (Tamandua tetradactyla), . 

 Little Ant-eater (Myrmidon didactylus), 



The Pangolins or Scaly Ant-eaters {Manis), . 

 Long-tailed Pangolin (Manis longicaudata). 

 Short-tailed Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla). 



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THE MARSUPIALS OR POUCH-BEARING 

 MAMMALS (MARSUPIALIA). 



Introduction, 



The Opossums (Didelphyida), 



Yapock (Cheironectes variegatus). 



Common Opposum (Didelphys virginiana). 



The Predaceous Marsupials (Rapaces), 



The Pouched Badgers (Peramelida), . 



Long-nosed Bandicoot (Perameles nasuta). 

 Pig-footed Perameles (Chasropus castanotus). 

 Banded Ant-eater (Myrmecobius fasciatus), 



The Dasyure Family (Dasyurida), 



Brush-tailed Phascogale or Tafa (Phascogal 



penicillata), 



Viverrine Dasyure (Dasyurus viverrinus), . 

 Tasmanian Devil (Dasyurus ursinus), 

 Tasmanian Wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus), 



The Fruit-eating Marsupials (Carpophi^), . 

 The Phalanger Family (Phalangistida), . 



Squirrel Flying-phalanger (Belideus or Petaurus 



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Vulpine Phalanger (Phalangista vulpina), . 

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