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INTRODUCTION. 1 
Order QUADRUMANA ; or THE MONKEY TRIBE. 13 
Family Simiad^e : 
Gorilla — Troglodytes Gorilla 15 
Orang-Outang — Simla satyrus 23 
Siamang — Siamanga syndactyla 28 
Gibbons — Hylobates 30 
Colobus — Colobus. 36 
Macaques — Madams 44 
Baboons — Cynocephaius 55 
Family Cebhle : 
American Monkeys. 72 
Family Lemuridjk : 
Lemurs — Lemur 92 
Family Galeopithecpile : 
Colugo — Galeopithecus volltans 101 
Order CHEIROPTERA ; or WING-HANDED ANIMALS. 102 
Vampire Bat — Vampyrus spectrum 104 
Great Horseshoe Bat — lihinolophus ferrum equinum.. 107 
Flying Fox — Pterqpus rubricollis 112 
Order FERiE. 
Family Felidae ; or The Cat Tribe 116 
Lions — Leo 117 
Tigers — Tigris ISO 
Leopards — Leopardus 137 
Cats — Felis 158 
Lynxes — Lyncus 166 
Che tali — Gueparda jubata 171 
Family V iverridas : 
Hyenas — Mycena 173 
Civets — Froteles 182 
Genetts — Genetta 187 
Ichneumon — Herpestes 189 
Family Canid as ; or The Dog Tribe 198 
Domesticated Dogs — Canis familiaris 200 
Wild Dogs — Cams 255 
Wolves — Gcmis 260 
Foxes — Vulpes 267 
Family Mustelhme ; or The Weasel Tribe 275 
Polecat — Putorius 279 
Weasels — Mustela 284 
Ratels — Mellivora 297 
Glutton — Gulo 299 
Skunk — Mephitis 300 
Badger — Meles 303 
Otters — Lutra 305 
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Bear Family— Ursid^i 311 
True Beal’s — Ursus 312 
Sun Bears — Helarclos 324 
Aswa.il, or Lipped-Bcar — U. labiatus 326 
Sea-Bears — Thalassarctos 328 
Racoons— Procyon 332 
Coaitis — Nasua 335 
Kiukaj ou — Cercoleptes 336 
Cat-Bears — Ailunis 837 
INSECTIVORA ; or INSECT-EATERS. 
Family Talpiiue : 
Moles — Talpa 338 
Tupaia-Tana — Cladobates tana 344 
Pen-Tail — Ptilocercus Loioii 345 
Long-Nosed and Long-Legged Shrews — Maeroscettd.es. 346 
Shrews — Sorex 347 
Water-Shrews — Crossopus 350 
Soleuodon — Solcnodon paradoxum 352 
True Hedgehog — Frinaceus europaeus 354 
Thorny Hedgehogs — Centetes 361 
Tribe Marshpialia ; Pouched Animals 363 
Family Maoropodilue : 
Squirrel Petaurus — Rtaurus scvureus 365 
Taguau — Petaurista. 366 
Vulpine Phalangist — Phalangista vulpina 370 
Koala — Phascolarctos cinereus ....... S71 
Tree Kangaroo — Dendrologies ur sinus., 373 
Kangaroo-Rats —Hypsipryrnnus 374 
True Kangaroos — Macropus 376 
Whallabee — Balmaturus ualabatus 380 
Rock-Kangaroo — Fetrogale peuicillata 380 
Wombat — Phascolomys latifrons 381 
Sub-Family Saltatoria : 
Bandicoots 383 
Chieropus — Chceropus castanotus 384 
Sub-Family Dasyorid^e ; Dasyurines 385 
Tasmanian Wolf — Thylacinus cynocephalus 385 
Tasmanian Devil — Diabolus ursinns 387 
Common Dasyure — Dasyurus vivernnus 389 
Tapoa Tafa — Phascogale penicillata 389 
Pouched Mice — Antechinus 391 
My rmecobius — Myrmecobius fasciatus 391 
Opossums — Didelphys 392 
Yapock Opossum — Cheironectes varkgatus 897 
Order PINNIPEDIA. 
Family PuooiDAi ; Common Seals 398 
