CONTENTS 
CHAPTER XXXIY.—Rodents,— concluded. 
The Hare-Like Rodents.—D istinctive Features of tlie Group—The Picas ( Lagomyidce )— 
Distribution and Habits—Hares and Rabbits ( Leporiclce )—Common Hare (Lepus )— 
Mountain - Hare—North American Hares—Asiatic Hares—African Species—The 
Rabbit—Its Distribution and Acclimatisation—Domesticated Rabbits, 
CHAPTER XXXY.—The Edentates,—O rder Edentata. 
Characteristics—Distribution—Mode of Life—The Sloths ( Brcidypodidce )—Three-Toed Sloths 
(Bradypus) —Two-Toed Sloths (Cholospus )—-Extinct Ground-Sloths ( Megatheriidce )— 
—The Ant-Eaters ( Myrmecophagidce )—Great Ant-Eater ( Myrmecophaga )—The Taman- 
dua ( Tamandua) —Two-Toed Ant-Eater ( Cycloturus )—The Armadillos (I)asypodidcn )— 
The Picliiciago ( Chlamydophorus) —Six-Banded Armadillos ( Dasypus )—Their Structure 
and Mode of Life—Broad-Banded Armadillo ( Lysiurus )—Giant Armadillo ( Priodon )-— 
Three-Banded Armadillo ( Tolypeutes )—Peba Armadillo ( Tatusia )—Other Species— 
The Extinct Glyptodonts ( Glyptodontidce )—The Pangolins ( Manidce )—Asiatic Species 
—African Pangolins—Aard-Yarks ( Oryderopodidce ), ..... 
CHAPTER XXXVI.—The Pouched Mammals, or Marsupials,—O rder Marsupialia. 
Distinctive Characters—Teeth—Mode of Suckling Young—Distribution—The Kangaroos and 
Their Allies ( Macropodidce )—Kangaroos and Wallabies {Macropus) —Rock-AVallabies 
{Petrogale) —Spur-Tailed Wallabies ( Onychogale) —Hare-Wallabies ( Lagorchestes )—Dorca 
Kangaroos ( Dorcopsis) —Tree-Kangaroos ( Dendrolagus )—Banded Wallaby ( Lagostrophus) 
—Rat-Kangaroos—Common Rat-Kangaroo ( Potorous )—Brush-Tailed Rat-Kangaroo 
(Bettongia )—Rufous Rat-Kangaroo {JEpypnjmnus) —Five-Toed Rat-Kangaroo {Hypsi- 
prynmodon )—Extinct Kangaroo-Like Marsupials—The Plialanger Tribe {Phalangeridce) 
—Long-Snouted Phalanger ( Tarsipes )—Cuscuses ( Phalanger )—True Plialangers ( Tricho- 
sums) —Crescent-Toothed Plialangers {Pseudochirus )—Great Flying-Plialanger ( Petciur - 
oides )—Striped Phalanger ( Dactylopsila )—True Flying-Plialangers ( Petaurus) —Lead- 
beater’s Phalanger ( Gymnobelideus) —Dormouse-Phalangers ( Dromicia )—Pigmy Flying- 
Plialanger ( Acrobates) —Pen-Tailed Phalanger (Distachurus )—Koala ( Phascolardus )— 
Great Extinct Phalanger ( Thylacoleo )—The Wombats ( Phascolomyidce )—The Bandicoots 
(Peramelidce )—True Bandicoots ( Perameles) —Rabbit-Bandicoot ( Peragale) —Pig-Footed 
Bandicoot {Ghceropus )—The Dasyure Tribe {Dasyuridce )—Thylacine ( Thylacinus )— 
Tasmanian Devil ( Sarcophilus )—Dasyures ( Dasyurus )—Phascologales {Phascologale )— 
Common Pouched Mouse ( Sminthopsis )—Jerboa Pouched Mouse ( Antechinomys )— 
Banded Anteater {Myrmecobius )—The Pouched Mole ( Notoryctidce )—The Opossums 
( Didelphyidce )—True Opossums ( Didelphys) —Water-Opossum {Chironedes )—Extinct 
Marsupials, .......... 
CHAPTER XXXVII.— Egg-Laying Mammals, or Monotremes,—O rder Monotremata. 
Distinctive Features—The Duckbill {Ornitliorhynchidce )—Its Structure and Habits—The 
Echidnas ( Echidnidce )—Allied Extinct Mammals, ..... 
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