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How Animals are Classified - - i 



THE VERTEBRATES 



MAMMALS 



General Description and Classification 7 



The Primates. The Gorilla— The Chimpanzee — The Orang-Utan— 



Gibbons — Spider Monkeys — Baboons — Lemurs 9 



Hand-Winged Animals, or Bats 31 



Insect-Eaters. The Hedgehog— The Mole— Shrews 35 



Carnivores, or Flesh-Eaters. The Lion — The Tiger — The Leopard 

 — The Hunting Leopard — The Jaguar — The Puma — Hytenas — The 

 Collie Dog — The Wolf — The Jackal — The Fox — The Polar Bear — 

 The Brown Bear — The Sloth Bear — The Weasel — The Badger — 

 The Otter — Seals - 44 



Ungulates, or Hoofed Animals. The Ox— The Sheep— The Goat— 



The Antelopes — The Giraffe — The Deer — The Reindeer— The Camel ^' 

 —The Horse— The Ass— The Zebra— The Elephant— The Tapir— The 

 Rhinoceros — The Pig — The Hippopotamus - 98 



Cetacea. The Whale — The Porpoise 1 50 



Rodents. The Squirrel— The Beaver— The Rat— The Harvest Mouse— 



The Porcupine — The Hare — The Rabbit 158 



Edentates. The Sloth— The Armadillo- The Ant-eater 174 



Marsupials. The Kangaroo— The Opossum 181 



Monotremes. Ornithorhynchus 186 



BIRDS 

 General Description 188 



Classification of Birds. Orders of Birds 193 



Passeres. The Crows — The Rook — The Raven and Carrion-crow — The 

 Birds of Paradise — The Starlings — Finches — The Sparrow — The Sky- 

 lark — Titmice — Thrushes — The Song Thrush — The Redbreast — The 

 Nightingale — The Wrens — The Common Wren — The Swallow 195 



PlCARi^. The Woodpeckers— The Cuckoo — Humming-birds — The Night- 

 jar—The Kingfisher - - 220 



