CHAP, v.] 



CLASSIFICx^TION. 



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

 two families to which Professor Cams restricts the existing 

 species. I therefore follow Mr. Turner. 



Bradypoda 



Enfcomophaga <. - 



Order-EDENTATA. 



Fatn. 



71. Brady podidffi ... SlotLs. 



72. Manididae Scaly Ant-eater,?. 



3. Dasypodidfe ... Armadillos. 



74. Orycteropodidas... Ant-bearti. 



5. Myrmecophagida3 Ant-eaters. 



The Marsupials have been well classified and described by 

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

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

 orders adopted by Professor Cams are also given. 



Order— MARSUriALIA. 



Rapacia (Wagner) 



Poephaga (Owen) 

 Carpophaga (Owen) 

 Rhizophaga (Owen) 



\l 



Fam. 



7*1. Didelphidee ... 

 7. DasyuridEe ... 

 "^ 78. Myrmecobiidas 

 ( 79. Peranielidffi ... 



80. Macropodidte 



81. Phalangistidffi 



82. Phascolomyidie 



Opossums. 



Native Cats. 



Native Ant-eater. 



Bandicoots. 



Kangaroos. 



Plialangers. 



Wombats. 



Order— MONOTEEMATA. 



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

 Professor Cams combines into one, but which it seems more 

 natural to keep separate. 



Fain. 



83. Ornithorhynchidse 



84. Ecliidnida3 



Duckbill. 

 Echidna. 



