362 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE GENERA AND SPECIES [Apr. 11, 
Division 2. 
Body covered with hairs or spines, not with scales or armour. 
Fam. 3. ORYCTEROPODIDA. 
Body covered with bristles. Head conical ; mouth small. 
12. OryYCTEROPUS. 
Fam. 4. MyRMECOPHAGID. 
Body covered with hair, Head conical ; mouth small. 
* Terrestrial. Tail bristly. Teeth 5. 
13. MyrmecopHaca. Tail covered with long hair. 
** Arboreal. Tail conical, prehensile. 
14. Tamanpva. Teeth 5/4, covered with short hair. 
15. CycLornurvus. Teeth 2/5, covered with silky hair. 
Fam. 5. OrNITHORHYNCHID. 
Body covered with hair or spines. Mouth in the form of a flat 
or cylindrical beak. Hind feet of males spurred. 
16. Puarypus. Head depressed. Body covered with fur. Feet 
expanded, webbed. 
17. Ecurpna. Head slender, conical, tapering. Body covered 
with spines. Feet with long claws. 
Division |. CATAPHRACTA. 
Body covered with scales, or with an external armour divided inte 
ring bands, revolute. 
Fam. 1. Manripip. 
Body covered with scales. Tail flat, expanded. Toes bent up. 
Walking on the outer side of the feet. Fossorial ; slow; forming a 
globe when contracted. (Osteology.—See Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. 99 ; 
Sundevall, Kong. Vet. Akad. Hand. 1842, p. 274; Turner, P. Z.S. 
1851, p. 219.) 
Manina, Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 188. 
Manide, Turner, J. c. 1851, p. 219. 
Vermilinguia, Giebel, Saugeth. p. 394. 
Cuvier only knew of two species, the long- and the short-tailed 
(see Oss. Foss. v. 98). 
Dr. Sundevall, in the ‘Kongl. Vetensk. Akad. Handlingar’ for 
1842, p. 245, has published an excellent essay on the species, the 
anatomy and the history of the genus. This essay is nearly repro- 
duced by M. Ad. Focillon, ‘ Rev. Zool.’ 1850, pp. 465 & 513. 
