CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 



BOOK I— MAMMALS 



CHAPTER I.— ORDERS OF MAMMALS . 



CHAPTER II.— ORDER OF APES AND MONKEYS .... PRIMATES 7 



Page New World Monkeys 14 



Anthropoid Apes 7 Family of Marmosets . . . . .16 



Old World Monkeys and Baboons 



13 Suborder of Lemurs . . ... 17 



CHAPTER III.— ORDER OF FLESH-EATO 



Cat Family IS 



Dog Family 22 



North American Foxes . . . .24 

 Small Fur-Bearers 27 



CHAPTER IV.— ORDER OF SEALS AND SEA-LIONS 



PINNIPEDIA 43 



Sea-Lion Family 44 



Review of Fur Seal History . . .48 



Seal Family . . . . . .52 



Walrus Family 53 



CHAPTER V.— ORDER OF MOLES AND SHREWS 



Mole Family . . . . . 57 I Shrew Family 



INSECTIVORA 56 



. 58 



CHAPTER VI.— ORDER OF BATS 



Family of Leaf-Nosed Bats . . .62 



Family of Free-Tailed Bats . . .63 



Family of Common Bats . . . .64 



CHIROPTERA 59 



Family of False Vampires 

 Family' of Horseshoe Bats 

 Family of Fruit-Eating Bats 



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CHAPTER VII.— ORDER OF GNAWING ANIMALS 



GLIRES or RODENTS 68 



Squirrel Family ..... 

 Sewellel Family .... 



Beaver Family 



Family of Mice and Rats . 



Typical North American Mice and Rats 



Cheek-Pouch Mice and Rats 



68 



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Jumping Mouse Family 

 Pocket Gopher Family 

 Porcupine Family 

 Pika Family . 

 Hare and PtABBiT Family 



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CHAPTER VIII.— ORDER OF HOOFED ANIMALS 



UNGULATA 99 



Cattle and Sheep Family 



99 



Measurements of Mountain Sheep Horns 112 



Prong-Horned Antelope Family 

 Deer Family . . . . 



115 

 118 



Measurements of Large Caribou Antlers 13S 



Peccary Family 143 



Tapir Family 144 



