Cassell's Natural History, Vol. 2 (of 6)

William Boyd Dawkins

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE CARNIVORA. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS THE CAT FAMILY.

THE AQUATIC OR MARINE CARNIVORA.

ORDER CETACEA. WHALES.

ORDER SIRENIA (THE MANATEES).

ORDER PROBOSCIDEA (ELEPHANTS).

ORDER HYRACOIDEA (CONIES).

ORDER UNGULATA (HOOFED QUADRUPEDS).

Transcriber’s Notes

This e-text is based on ‘Cassell’s Natural History, Vol. II,’ from 1896. Inconsistent and uncommon spelling and hyphenation have been retained; punctuation and typographical errors have been corrected.

The spelling of toponyms might differ slightly from today’s orthographical conventions.

THE QUEEN’S LION IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, LONDON.
(From a Photograph by Symmons and Co., Chancery Lane, taken expressly for this work.)

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CASSELL’S
NATURAL HISTORY

EDITED BY

P. MARTIN DUNCAN, M.B. (LOND.), F.R.S., F.G.S.

PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY IN AND HONORARY FELLOW OF KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON; CORRESPONDENT OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA

VOL. II.

ILLUSTRATED

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED

LONDON, PARIS & MELBOURNE

1896

THE LAND CARNIVORA.

PROFESSOR W. KITCHEN PARKER, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., AND PROFESSOR T. JEFFERY PARKER

THE AQUATIC OR MARINE CARNIVORA.

JAMES MURIE, M.D., LL.D., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c.

CETACEA.

JAMES MURIE, M.D., LL.D.

SIRENIA.

JAMES MURIE, M.D., LL.D.

PROBOSCIDEA.

PROFESSOR WILLIAM BOYD DAWKINS, M.A., F.R.S., &c., AND H. W. OAKLEY.

HYRACOIDEA.

PROFESSOR WILLIAM BOYD DAWKINS, M.A., F.R.S., AND H. W. OAKLEY.

UNGULATA:—

PERISSODACTYLA:

EQUIDÆ,
TAPIRIDÆ,
RHINOCEROTIDÆ,

ARTIODACTYLA:

SUIDÆ,
HIPPOPOTAMIDÆ.

PROFESSOR WILLIAM BOYD DAWKINS, M.A., F.R.S., H. W. OAKLEY, AND PROFESSOR A. H. GARROD, M.A., F.R.S.

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