CHAP. V.] 



CLASSIFICATION. 



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the numerous families of Dr. Gray, seven in number, and the 

 two families to which Professor Carus restricts the existing 

 species. I therefore follow Mr. Turner. 



Bradypoda . . . 

 Entomophaga 



Order— EDENTATA. 



Fam. 



71. Bradypodidse ... 

 '72. Manididae 



73. Dasypodidae 

 I 74. Orycteropodidae. . . 



75. Myrruecophagidae 



Slotfe. 



Scaly Ant-eaters. 



Armadillos. 



Ant-bears. 



Ant-eaters. 



The Marsupials have been well classified and described by- 

 Mr. Waterhouse in the first volume of his Natural History oj 

 Mammalia, and his arrangement is here followed. The sub- 

 orders adopted by Professor Carus are also given. 



Rapacia (Wagner) 



Poephaga (Owen) 

 Carpophaga (Owen) 

 Rhizophaga (Owen) 



Order— MARSUPIALIA. 



Fam. 



Didelphidae . . . 



Dasyuridae . . . 



Myrniecobiidae 



Peranielidae ... 



Macropodidse 



Phalangistidae 



Phascolomyidai 



Opossums. 



Native Cats. 



Native Ant-eater. 



Bandicoots. 



Kangaroos. 



Phalangers. 



Wombats. 



Order— MONOTEEMATA. 



The last order, the Monotremata, consist of two families, which 

 Professor Carus combines into one, but which it seems more 

 natural to keep separate. 



Fam. 



83. Ornithorhynchidaa 



84. Echidnidaa 



Duckbill. 

 Echidna. 



