CONTENTS 
PAGES 
INTRODUCTION : ; : : 3 ‘ . : : . 16 
MAN AND THE APES. . : . Primates. ; - 7-57 
-~.=-BaTS AND FLYING FOXES ; : . Chiroptera . é 58-67 
SHREWS, MOLES, AND HEDGEHOGS . Lnsectivora . : 68-77 
PRIMITIVE FLESH-EATERS ; : . Creodonta . é 78-81 
BEASTS OF PREY . , . . . Carnivora . : 82-229 
MARINE CARNIVORES . ‘ . Pinnipedia . : - 230 
HOOFED ANIMALS . . . : . Ongulata . - 231-385 
ELEPHANTS AND DINOTHERES , . Proboscidea . - 386-399 
MANATEES AND SEA Cows . : . Sirvenia , 400-403 
WHALES, PORPOISES, ETC. . . . Cetacea ; : + 403 
- ~--GNAWING ANIMALS . , : é . Rodentia  . - 404-468 
SLOTHS, ARMADILLOS, ETC. . ‘ . LEdentata . . 469-484 
PANGOLINS AND AARD VARKS . . Fodientia  . . 485-487 
MARSUPIAL ANIMALS. : : . Marsupialia. - 488-520 
DUCKBILL AND ECHIDNAS~ . : . Prototheria . - 521-526 
AUTHORITIES Crrep : . é - : : ‘ » 527-538 
INDEX OF AUTHORITIES CITED : : ; : : - 539-541 
INDEX . . i : . ‘i : ; ‘ : - 543-555 
