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riean bat ; the Platypus anatinuscr duckbill (by room xii. 
some called Ornithorynchus paradoxus), from katThIst, 
New Holland, the most singular of all quadru¬ 
peds ; a large antelope ; a small ditto ; the long¬ 
tailed manis or pangolin ; the short tailed ditto; 
sloths, in a very young state, one the two toed, 
the other the three-toed species; an elegant speci¬ 
men of the two-toed ant-eater. 
TWELFTH ROOM. 
This room contains a general and extensive room xii. 
Collection of fishes, serpents, tortoises, lizards, 
frogs, &c. as well as many specimens of quadru¬ 
peds, preserved in spirits. 
Among the most curious of the fishes, are the 
torpedo; the electric gymnote, popularly called 
the electric eel; the remora ; the flying-fish, &c. 
Among the quadrupeds the most remarkable 
pre. a very fine specimen of the three-toed sloth; 
the two-toed ditto ; the slender-limbed macauco; 
the least ant-eater ; and the silky monkey. 
Among the tortoises the most remarkable are, 
the testudo ferox or fierce tortoise, and the testu- 
flo radiata, or radiated tortoise. 
Among the frog tribe may be particularized, 
the Argus frog or North American spotted bull¬ 
frog ; the pipa or Surinam toad, remarkable for 
producing 
