CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Order QUADRUMANA ; OB THE MONKEY TRIBE. 



FAGS 

 1 



13 



Family Simiad^e : 



Gorilla — Troglodytes Gorilla 15 



Orang-Outang — Simia satyrus 23 



Siamang — Siamanga syndaclyla 28 



Gibbons — EyUbates 30 



Colobus — Colobus 36 



Macaques — Macacus 44 



Baboons — Cynocephalus 55 



Family Cebid-e : 



American Monkeys 72 



Family Lemubid.* : 



Lemurs — Lemur . 



92 



Family GaleopithecidjE : 



Colugo — Oaleopithecus volitans 101 



Order CHEIROPTERA ; OB WING-HANDED ANIMALS. 102 



Vampire Bat — Vampyrus spectrum 104 



Great Horseshoe Bat — Rhinolophusferrumequinum.. 107 

 Flying Fox — Pteropus rubricollis 112 



Order FERaE. 



Family Felid^e ; OB The Cat Tbibe 116 



Lions — Leo 117 



Tigers— Tigris 130 



Leopards — Leopardus 137 



Cats— Felis 158 



Lynxes — Lyncus 166 



Chetah — Oueparda jubata 171 



Family Vivebbid^e : 



Hyenas— Hywna 173 



Civets— Proteles 182 



Genetts— Oenetta 187 



Ichneumon— .Herpestes 189 



Family Canid^e ; OB The Dog Tbibe 198 



Domesticated Dogs — Canis familiaris 200 



Wild Dogs— Canis 255 



Wolves— Canis 260 



Foxes — Vulpes 267 



Family Mdstelid^ ; ob The Weasel Tbibe 275 



Polecat— Putorius 279 



Weasels — Mustela 284 



Ratels— MeUivora 297 



Glutton— Ovlo 299 



Skunk— Mephitis 300 



Badger— Meles 303 



Otters — Lutra 305 



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Beab Family — Hbsid^; gn 



True Bears — Ursus 312 



Sun Bears — Helarctos 324 



Aswail, or Lipped-Bear — U. labiatus 326 



Sea-Bears — Tlialussarctos 328 



Racoons— Procyon £32 



Coaitis — JVasua 335 



Kinkajou— Orcofep/es 336 



Cat-Bears — Ailurus 337 



LNSECTIVORA ; ob INSECT-EATERS. 



Family Talpid^e : 



Moles— Talpa 338 



Tupaia-Tana — Cladobates tana 344 



Pen-Tail — Plilocercus Lowii 345 



Long-Nosed and Long-Legged Shrews — Mdcroscelides. 346 



Shrews— Sorer 347 



Water-Shrews — Crossopus 350 



Soleuodon — Solenodon paradoxum 352 



True Hedgehog — Erinaceus europaeus 354 



Thorny Hedgehogs — Ventetes 361 



Tribe Maesuplalia ; Pouched Animals 363 



Family Maobopodid^e : 



Squirrel Petaurus— Petaurus sciureus 365 



Taguan — Petaurista 366 



Vulpine Phalangist — Phalangista vulpina 370 



Koala — Phascolarctos cinereus 371 



Tree Kangaroo — Dendrologus ursinus 373 



Kangaroo-Rats — Hypsipryynnus 374 



True Kangaroos — Macropus 376 



Whallabee — Halmaturus ualabatus 380 



Rock-Kangaroo — Petrogale peuicillata 380 



Wombat — Phascolomys latifrons 381 



Sub-Family Saltatobia : 



Bandicoots 383 



Chseropus — Charopus castanotus ... 384 



Sub-Family Dasytjbid^e ; Dasyubines 385 



Tasmanian Wolf — Thylacinus cynocephalus 385 



Tasmanian Devil — Diabolus ursimis 387 



Common Dasyure — Dasyurus viverrinus 389 



Tapoa Tafa—Phascogale peuicillata 389 



Pouched Mice — Antechinus 391 



Myrmecobius — Myrmecobius fasciatus 391 



Opossums — Didelphys 392 



Tapock Opossum — Cheironectes variegatus 397 



Order PINNTPEDIA. 



Family Phocid.£ ; Common Seal6 398 



