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The Muntjac (Cervulus muntjac) . ■ . 300 

 The Red-Deer (Cervus elaphus) . .301 

 The Sambur {Cervus unicolor) . . . 303 

 The Spotted Deer (Cervus axis) . . 303 

 The Fallow-Deer (Dama vulgaris) . 304 



The Elk or Moose (Alces machlis) . 305 



The Milou Deer (Cervus davidianus) . 308 

 The Virginian Deer ( Cariacus virginianus) 309 

 The Mule-Deer (Cariacus macrotis) . 310 



The Pampas Deer ( Cariacus campestris) . 311 

 The Huemul (Xenelaphus Msulcus) . -311 



The Brockets 311 



The Pudus 311 



The Roe (Capreolus caprea) . . .312 

 The Water-Deer (Hydrelaphus inennis) . 312 

 The Reindeer or Caribou (Rangifer 



tarandus) ...".. 313 

 The Indian Mouse -Deer (Tragulus 



meminnd) . . . . . -317 



The Kanchil (Tragulus javanicus) . .319 

 The Napu (Tragulus napu) . . -319 

 The Water Chevrotain (Hyomoschus 



aquaticus) . . . . . .320 



The Camel (Camelus dromedarius) . . 321 

 The Bactrian Camel (Came/us bactrianus) 324 

 The Guanaco or Wild Llama (Auchenia 



huanacus) . . . . . -325 

 The Vicugna (Auchenia vicuna) , . 328 

 The Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphi- 



bius) ....... 329 



The Pigmy Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus 



liberiensis) . . . . . -332 

 The Indian Wild Boar (Sus cristatus) ._ 333 

 The European Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) . 335 

 The Pigmy Hog (Sus salvanius) . . 336 

 The Red River-Hog (Sus porcus) . . 336 

 The Babirusa (Babirusa alfurus) . -337 

 The Wart-Hog (Phacochoirus cethiopicus) . 339 

 The Forest-Hog (Hylochxrus meinerzhagem) 340 

 The Collared Peccary (Dicotyles tajafu) 341 

 The White - lipped Peccary (Dicotyles 



labiatus) ...... 343 



The Sperm-Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) 345 

 The Pigmy Sperm-Whale (Cogia breviceps) 348 

 The Beaked Whales .... 348 



The Porpoise (Phocana communis) . . 349 

 The Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) 35 1 

 The Grampus (Orca gladiator) . . 353 



Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) . . 355 

 The Blackfish (Globicephalus melas) . 355 

 The Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) . . 356 



The Narhwal (Monodon monoceros) . 

 The Whalebone Whales 

 The Right Whales 



The Rorquals 



The Humpback (Megaptera hngimana) 

 The Californian Grey Whale (Rhachia 



nectes glaucus) .... 

 The Manatee (Manatus americanus) 



The Dugongs 



The Two-toed Sloth (Cholcepus didactylus' 



The Three-toed Sloths . 



The Great Ant-Eater (Myrmecophaga 



jubata) ..... 

 The Tamandua Ant-Eater (Tamandua 



tetradactyla) .... 



The Little Ant-Eater (Cycloturns didac- 

 tylus) ...... 



The Pangolins .... 



The Hairy Armadillo (Dasypus villosus) 

 The Giant Armadillo (Priodon gigas) 

 The Ball Armadillos 

 The Pichiciago (Chlamydophorus truncatus) 

 The Aard-Varks .... 



The Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) 



The Tree Kangaroos 



The Rat Kangaroos 



The Musk Kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon 



moschatus) ..... 

 The Vulpine Phalanger (Trichosurus 



vulpeculd) 



The Cuscuses 



The Flying Phalangers 

 The Koala (Phascolomys ursinus) 

 The Noolbenger (Tarsipes rostratus) 

 The Wombats ..... 

 The Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus ursinus 

 The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) 

 The Typical Dasyures . 

 The Tapoa-Tafa (Phascologale penicillata) 

 The Banded Ant -Eater (Myrmecobius 

 fasciatus) ...... 



The Bandicoots 



The Common American Opossum (Didel- 



phys virginianus) ..... 

 The Water-Opossum (Chironectes yapock) 

 The Marsupial Mole (Notoryctes iyphlops) 

 The Raton Runcho (Ccenolestes obscurus) 

 The Echidna (Echidna hystrix) 

 The Three-toed Echidna (Proechidna 



bruijni) ...... 



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