FLOOR.] 
MAMMALIA SALOON. 
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of which is the Coney of Scripture : in structure it resembles a 
diminutive Rhinoceros. The Shielded Beasts, as the Manis, or Scaly 
Ant-eaters of India and Africa, with very long claws, which are turned 
in when they walk ; the burrowing Armadilloes of South America, 
which, when danger threatens, can roll themselves into a ball, covered 
with jointed mail, whence they have derived their name. The 
Aard Yark, or Ground Pig of South Africa, which burrows in ant- 
hills. The Ant-eaters of South America, which are covered with hair, 
and have a very long worm-like tongue, which they exert into ant- 
hills, and, when covered with ants, draw into their mouths. The 
Porcupine Ant-eater, or Echidna of Australia, and the Duck-billed 
Platypus of the same country, called Water Mole by the colonists, as 
it burrows in the banks of streams, and is a good swimmer. The 
Sloths of South America, peculiarly organized for a forest life; living 
entirely among trees, and crawling along the under side of the branches. 
Cases 17-30 contain the Deer, Musks, and Horses. In the Deer 
the horns, which, except in the Reindeer, are confined to the males, 
are solid and annually shed and reproduced. The Stag and Fallow 
Deer of Europe, the large Wapiti of Norih America, the Reindeer 
and Elk of Northern Europe and America, the Rusa and spotted Axis 
of India, and the Brazilian Coassus. The Musks, with their peculiar 
fur and musk bag, are hornless, and have large canine teeth. 
The Horse tribe with solid hoofs, such as the Quagga, and the finely- 
banded Zebras of South Africa; the wild Asses of Asia. 
3. MAMMALIA SALOON. 
In the Wall Cases of this Saloon are arranged the specimens of 
Four-handed, Rapacious, Glirine, and Pouched Beasts, and over the 
Cases are the different kinds of Seals, Manatees, and Porpoises ; and 
arranged in Table Cases are the general collections of Corals. 
In the central eastern division of this Saloon, suspended from the 
roof, is the skeleton of a Whale from New Zealand {BalcBiia australis), 
a species as important to commerce as the Right Whale of the Nor- 
thern Hemisphere ; it is a young individual, not quite half grown. 
Further^ a skeleton of the Bottle-nosed Dolphin {Delphinus tursio), 
\ of which a large shoal was taken near Holyhead in 1866 ; of the 
I Narwhal {Monodon vionoceros), one of the most singular animals of 
i the whale-tribe, distinguished by a long spirally-twisted tusk, which 
\ projects from the snout in the line of the animal's body. This tusk is 
II developed on one side of the snout only (the left), very rarely on both 
[I sides. In the adult male it reaches a length of six or eight feet, but 
i| is seldom developed in the female ; hence it is probable, that its use is 
I; the same as that of the antlers in the stag. The ivory of the tusk 
ji commands a high price in the market, and was still more valued in 
1= former times, when it was believed to be the horn of the Unicorn. The 
I' Narwhal is an inhabitant of the Arctic Seas, and rarely strays to more 
|i temperate regions. 
[I Cases 1-QO. The Primates or Four-handed Beasts, exclusively natives 
