CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 



BOOK I— MAMMALS 



CHAPTER I.— ORDERS OF MAMMALS . 

 CHAPTER IL— ORDER OF APES AND MONKEYS 



PRIMATES 



Anthropoid Apes .... 

 Old World Monkeys and Baboons 



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. 7 

 . 13 



New World Monkeys 

 Family or Marmosets 

 Suborder of Lemurs 



CHAPTER III.— ORDER OF FLESH-EATING MAMMALS 



FERAE 



Cat Family . 

 Dog Family . 

 North American Foxes 

 Small Fur-Bearers 



18 

 22 

 24 

 27 



14 

 16 

 17 



18 

 32 



Bear Family 



Full List of the Beaks op North Amer- 

 ica 35 



Raccoon Family 41 



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 | Shrew Family 



CHAPTER VI.— ORDER OF BATS 



Family op Leaf-Nosed Bats 

 Family op Free-Tailed Bats 

 Family op Common Bats 



INSECTIVORA 56 

 . 58 



CHIROPTERA 59 



62 

 63 

 64 



Family op False Vampires 

 Family op Horseshoe Bats 

 Family op Fruit-Eating Bats 



65 

 66 

 66 



CHAPTER VII.— ORDER OF GNAWING ANIMALS 



GLIRES or RODENTS 68 



Squirrel Family ...... 68 



Sbwellel Family . . . .80 



Beaver Family .... .80 



Family op Mice and Rats . . . 83 



Typical North American Mice and Rats 84 

 Cheek-Pouch Mice and Rats . . .91 



Jumping Mouse Family 

 Pocket Gopher Family 

 Porcupine Family 

 PiKA Family . 

 Hare and Rabbit Family 



92 

 93 

 94 

 95 

 95 



CHAPTER VIII.— ORDER OF HOOFED ANIMALS 



UNGULATA 99 



Cattle and Sheep Family . . . .99 

 Measurements of Mountain Sheep Horns 112 

 Prong-Horned Antelope Family . . 115 

 Deer Family . . ... 118 



Measurements op Large Caribou Antlers 138 

 Peccary Family .... 143 



Tapir Family 144 



