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'New G-uinea, which lay eggs, and are the lowest of all living 
mammals. In the adjacent bay are the Marsupials, such as 
the Kangaroos, Phalangers, Wombats, and Bandicoots of 
Australasia, and the Opossums (fig. 20) of America. The second 
bay on the same side contains the so-called Edentate Mammals, 
such as Sloths, Ant-eaters, Armadillos, Pangolins (fig. 21), and 
Aard-vark ; also the marine Sirenians, as represented by the 
Dugong and Manati. In the third bay we have the Pigs and 
Hippopotamuses ; in the fourth the Camels and near by the 
Ohevrotains, or Mouse-Deer. Following on are the Deer, many 
Fig. 20. — Opossum and young. 
of which, as already stated, are placed in the middle line of the 
gallery ; and close by is the Giraffe and its recent and extinct 
allies, the former being represented by the recently discovered 
Okapi of Central Africa. In the adjacent wall-case stands the 
Prongbuck, the sole representative of a family. Next in order 
come the Antelopes, a large number of which are placed in the 
corridors outside the gallery. This series, it may be remarked, 
is particularly fine, and, in fact, unique. At the last bay on 
the right side of the gallery the visitor reaches the Goats ; and 
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