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Case 25. The Nycteres of Africa, and the Petalias of Java; the 
Nyctophiles of Australia; the Barbastelles and long-eared bats of 
Europe; and the true bat and Scotophiles, which are scattered over 
different parts of the world, and the Lasiures of America. 
Case 26. The Mormops and Chelonicteres of the West Indies; 
the Taphozous of Africa and India; the bull-dog bats of Tropical I 
America; and the Molossi and Nyctinomes. 
Cases 27—29. The different kinds of fruit-eating bats, which from 
their large size are often called flying foxes; they are only found in 
the warm parts of the Old World and the Australian islands. 
Cases 30—43. The Glirine Mammalia. 
Case 30. The various kind of Rats on the upper shelves, and 
the different species of Mice on the lower ones. 
Case 31. The Hapalotes of Australia, and other genera allied 
to the rats, on the upper shelves; the voles and jerboa rats, and the 
spinous-pouched rat from Tropical America on the lower shelves. 
Case 32. The Beaver, young and old, of Europe and South America ; 
the coypus rat of Tropical America, much used, like the beavers, to 
make hats; the Ondatra of North America on the upper shelf; the 
Hydromys of Australia, and the spiny rats of America, are on the 
lower ones. 
Case 33. The Porcupine of the Old World; the fasciculated 
porcupines of India and Africa; the tree porcupine, or ursons, of 
North America; the spiny and hairy prehensile-tailed porcupines 
of Tropical America are on the upper shelves: the Cavies and genera 
allied to them, which are only found in South or Tropical America, 
are on the lower ones. 
Cases 34, 35. The Hares of Europe, of North America, Africa, 
and India. 
Case 36. The different varieties of Rabbits, and the various kinds 
of tailless hares, from Europe, Asia,.and America, on the upper shelves; 
and the Jerboas of North Africa and Asia, the leaping hare of South 
Africa, the chinchilla of South America, and the dormice of Europe 
on the lower ones. 
Case 37. The Taguans and Flying Squirrels of Asia and its islands; 
the Assapan of N. America; the Polatouche of Siberia, and the spiny- 
tailed squirrel of Fernando Pc. 
Case 38. The large long-tailed Asiatic squirrel, with or without 
tufts on their ears, on the upper shelf; and the different species of the 
large North American, more or less grisled ones, on the lower shelves. 
Case 39. The South American squirrel on the upper, and the 
smaller grisled Asiatic species on the lower shelves. 
Case 40. The remainder of the Asiatic grisled squirrels on the 
upper, and the striped backed Asiatic species on the lower shelves. 
Case 41. The ground squirrels of Africa and India on the upper, 
and the striped pouched squirrels of North America and Europe on the 
lower shelves. 
Case 42. The various kind of Souslicks of North America and 
Europe. 
Case 43. The remainder of the Souslicks, the Marmots of America 
and Europe on the upper; and the different kinds of mole rats of 
