ciiai*. v.] 
CLASSIFICATION. 
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the numerous families of Dr. Gray, seven in number, and the 
two families to which Professor Carus restricts the existing 
species. I therefore follow Mr. Turner. 
Order-EDENTATA. 
Bradypoda . . 
Entomophaga 
Fam. 
71. Bradypodidaa ... 
r 72. Manididse 
} 73. Dasypodidae 
174. Orycteropodidte... 
[ 75. Myrmeeophagidte 
Sloths. 
Scaly Ant-eaters, 
Armadillos. 
Ant-bears. 
Ant-eaters. 
The Marsupials have been well classified and described by 
Mr. Waterhouse in the first volume of his Natural History of 
Mammalia , and his arrangement is here followed. The sub- 
orders adopted by Professor Carus are also given. 
Rapacia (Wagner) 
Poephaga (Owen) 
Carpophaga (Owen) 
Rhizophaga (Owen) 
Fam. 
( 78. Didelphidse ... 
177. Dasyuridee ... 
S 78. Mymiecobiidse 
( 79. Peramelidse ... 
80. Macropodidae 
81. Phalangistidae 
82. Phascolomyidm 
Opossums. 
Native Cats. 
Native Ant-eater 
Bandicoots. 
Kangaroos. 
Phalangers. 
Wombats. 
Order— MARSUPIALIA. 
Order— MONOTREMATA. 
The last order, the Monotremata, consist of two families, which 
Professor Carus combines into one, but which it seems more 
natural to keep separate. 
Fam. 
83. Ornithorhynchidse Duckbill. 
84. Echidnidte Echidna. 
