CONTENTS 
INTRODUCTION 
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BOOK I— MAMMALS 
CHAPTER I.— ORDERS OF MAMMALS . 
CHAPTER II.— ORDER OF APES AND MONKEYS 
PRIMATES 
Anthropoid Apes .... 
Old World Monkeys and Baboons 
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. 13 
New World Monkeys 
Family of Marmosets 
Suborder of Lemurs 
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16 
17 
CHAPTER III.— ORDER OF FLESH-EATING MAMMALS 
FERAE 
Cat Family 
Dog Family . 
North American Foxes 
Small Fur-Bearers 
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27 
Bear Family ...... 
Full List of the Bears of North Amer- 
ica 
Raccoon Family . 
CHAPTER IV.— ORDER OF SEALS AND SEA-LIONS 
Sea-Lion Family . 
Review of Fur Seal History 
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48 
Seal Family 
Walrus Family 
CHAPTER V.— ORDER OF MOLES AND SHREWS 
Mole Family . . . . . 57 I Shrew Family 
CHAPTER VI.— ORDER OF BATS 
Family of Leaf-Nosed Bats . . .62 
Family of Free-Tailed Bats . . .63 
Family of Common Bats . . . .64 
Family of False Vampires 
Family of Horseshoe Bats 
Family of Fruit-Eating Bats 
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41 
PINNIPEDIA 43 
. 52 
. 53 
INSECTIVORA 56 
. 58 
CHIROPTERA 59 
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CHAPTER VII.— ORDER OF GNAWING ANIMALS 
GLIRES or RODENTS 6S 
Squirrel Family ...... 68 
Sewellel Family . . . . .80 
Beaver Family ...... 80 
Family of Mice and Rats . . . .83 
Typical North American Mice and Rats 84 
Cheek-Pouch Mice and Rats . . .91 
Jumping Mouse Family 
Pocket Gopher Family 
Porcupine Family 
Pika Family . 
Hare and Rabbit Family 
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CHAPTER VIII.— ORDER OF HOOFED ANIMALS 
UNGULATA 99 
Cattle and Sheep Family . . . .99 
Measurements of Mountain Sheep Horns 112 
Prong-Horned Antelope Family . .115 
Deer Family . . . . . .118 
Measurements of Large Caribou Antlers 138 
Peccary Family 143 
Tapir Family ...... 144 
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