An Introduction to the Study of Mammals

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Author

Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915

Title

An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct

Original Publication

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1891.

Credits

Tim Lindell, Carlo Traverso, BnF/Gallica and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Mammals

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 75947

Release Date

April 23, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MAMMALS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.Corrigenda.
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MAMMALS LIVING AND EXTINCT — CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
6. 6.CHAPTER II GENERAL ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS — I. TEGUMENTARY STRUCTURES — II. DENTAL SYSTEM — III. THE SKELETON. — IV. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. — V. CIRCULATORY, ABSORBENT, RESPIRATORY, AND URINARY SYSTEMS. — VI. NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ORGANS OF SENSE. — VII. REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS.
7. 7.CHAPTER III ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE MAMMALIA
8. 8.CHAPTER IV GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION — I. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. [26] — II. GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION.
9. 9.CHAPTER V THE SUBCLASS PROTOTHERIA OR ORNITHODELPHIA — Family Ornithorhynchidæ . — Family Echidnidæ .
10. 10.CHAPTER VI THE SUBCLASS METATHERIA OR DIDELPHIA — Suborder Polyprotodontia . — Family Didelphyidæ . — Family Dasyuridæ — Family Peramelidæ . — Suborder Diprotodontia . — Family Phascolomyidæ . — Family Phalangeridæ . — Extinct Phalangeroids. — Family Macropodidæ . — Extinct Families.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII THE SUBCLASS EUTHERIA AND THE ORDER EDENTATA — Order Edentata . — Family Bradypodidæ . — Family Megatheriidæ . — Family Myrmecophagidæ . — Family Dasypodidæ . — Family Glyptodontidæ . — Family Manidæ . — Family Orycteropodidæ
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII THE ORDERS SIRENIA AND CETACEA — Order Sirenia . — Family Manatidæ . — Family Halicoridæ . — Family Rhytinidæ . — Extinct Sirenians . — Order Cetacea . — Suborder Mystacoceti , the Balænoidea , Whalebone, or True Whales . [128] — Suborder Archæoceti . — Suborder Odontoceti , the Delphinoidea , or Toothed Whales .
13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE ORDER UNGULATA — Ungulata Vera. [174] — Suborder Artiodactyla . — Suborder Perissodactyla . — Subungulata. — Suborder Hyracoidea . — Suborder Proboscidea . — Suborder Amblypoda . — Suborder Condylarthra . — Suborder Toxodontia . — Group Tillodontia .
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE ORDER RODENTIA — Suborder Simplicidentata . — Section Sciuromorpha . — Section Myomorpha . — Section Hystricomorpha . — Suborder Duplicidentata . — Family Lagomyidæ . — Family Leporidæ .
15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE ORDER CARNIVORA — Suborder Carnivora Vera . — Section Æluroidea . — Section Cynoidea . — Section Arctoidea . — Suborder Pinnipedia . — Family Otariidæ . — Family Trichechidæ . — Family Phocidæ . — Suborder Creodonta .
16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE ORDER INSECTIVORA — Suborder Dermoptera . — Family Galeopithecidæ . — Suborder Insectivora Vera . — Family Tupaiidæ . — Family Macroscelididæ . — Family Erinaceidæ . — Family Soricidæ . — Family Talpidæ . — Family Adapisoricidæ . — Family Potamogalidæ . — Family Solenodontidæ . — Family Centetidæ . — Family Chrysochloridæ .
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII THE ORDER CHIROPTERA. — Suborder Megachiroptera . — Family Pteropodidæ . — Suborder Microchiroptera . — Section Vespertilionina . — Section Emballonurina .
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV THE ORDER PRIMATES — Suborder Lemuroidea . — Family Lemuridæ . — Family Tarsiidæ . — Family Chiromyidæ . — Extinct Lemuroids . — Suborder Anthropoidea . — Family Hapalidæ . — Family Cebidæ . — Family Cercopithecidæ . — Family Simiidæ . — Family Hominidæ .
19. 19.FOOTNOTES
20. 20.INDEX

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