CLASS-BOOK OF ZOOLOGY. 



§ 133. The Sea-lion (Phoca jubata) has its name from 

 Jie lion-like mane of the male, and is found in the whole 

 of the Pacific Ocean. 



\ 134. The Sea Elephant (Phoca proboscidea) is thirty- 

 feet long, has its name from the proboscis-like nose of the 

 male, and lives in the southern islands of the Atlantic 

 and Pacific Oceans. 



§ 135. The Pouched Flesh-eaters contain the Opossum 

 (Didelphis Virginiana) which is of the size of a cat, 

 body blackish gray, ears white and black, soft, large, 

 and entirely bare, mouth very wide, tail bare and pre- 

 hensile, hind feet like hands. The Opossum is a native 

 of North America, and feeds on birds and their eggs, as 

 well as fruit. Its flesh is palatable. 



§ 136. The Kangaroo (Halmaturus giganteus) is larger 

 than a sheep, of a reddish-brown color, tail three feet 

 long, and a native of New Holland. The Kangaroo, 

 when sitting upright, is as high as a man, and weighs 

 one hundred and forty pounds. It lives together in herds 

 of fifty or more ; is altogether herbivorous ; and moves by 

 leaps of full twelve feet at a time. The young, when 

 born, is scarcely half as large as a mouse, but is carried 

 in the pouch three-quarters of a year, until it weighs 

 nearly 14 pounds. They become easily tame, and may 

 be seen in almost all the menageries. 



QUESTIONS ON SECT. VI. 



§ 121. What do you know of the wild and domestic Cat, their native 

 country, peculiarities, and varieties ? 



§ 122. Describe the Lion, and some remarkable facts relating to him. 



§ 123. Describe the Tiger. 



§ 124. Describe the Panther. 



§ 125. Describe the Jaguar. 



§ 126. Describe the American Lion. 



§ 127. Describe the Northern Lynx. 



§ 128. Describe the Morse. 



§ 129. Describe the Manati. 



§ 130. Describe the Common Seal. 



§ 131. Of what importance is it to many nations, and what is its natural 

 disposition? 



§ 132. Describe the Ursine Seal. 



§ 133. Describe the Sea-lion. 



§ 134. Describe the Sea-elephant. 



§135. Name the Pouched Flesh-eaters. 



§ 136. Describe the Kangaroo. 



