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Subclass II. Metatheria. (Marsupials.) 



Order II. Marsupîalia.. (Existing Marsupials.) 



Suborder IL Mar supialaf ormes. (Marsupial Animals.) 



Superfamily I. Folyprotodontoidea. (Carnivorous marsupials. 



Family III. Didelphidae. (Opossum.) 



— IV. Basyuridae. (Dasyure.) 



— V. Peramelidae. (Bandicoot.) 



Superfamily IL Diprotodontoidea. (Diprotodont Marsupials). 

 Family VI. Macropodidae. (Kangaroo.) 



— VIL Fhalangistidae. (Koala.) 



— VIII. Phascolomyidae. (Wombat.) 



Subclass III. Eutheria. (Placental Mammals.) 



Order III. Edentata. (So-called Edentate Mammals.) 



Loricata. (Armadillos.) 

 Dasypodidae. (Armadillo.) 

 Tardigrada. (Sloths.) 

 Bradypodidae. (Sloth.) 

 Vermilingiiia. (American Ant-eaters.) 

 Myrmecophagidae. (Ant-eater.) 

 Sqiiamata. (Scaly Ant-eater.) 

 Manidae. (Manis.) 

 Fodientia. (Digging Ant-eaters.) 

 Oryderopodidae. (Aardvark.) 



Order IV. Sirenia. (Sirenians.) 



Suborder VIII. Rhytinaformes. (Herbivorous Cetaceans.) 

 Family XIV. Manatidae. (Manatee.) 



— XV. Halicoridae. (Dugong.) 



Order V. Cetacea. (Cetaceans.) 



Suborder IX. MysHcete. (Whale-bone Whales.) 

 Superfamily III. Balaenoidea. (Right Whales.) 



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