Cassell's Natural History, Vol. I, by Peter Martin Duncan, James Murie, William Sweetland Dallas

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Murie, James, 1832-1925

Title

Cassell's Natural History, Vol. 1 (of 6)

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Produced by Jane Robins, Reiner Ruf, 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

Zoology

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55660

Release Date

October 1, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CASSELL’S NATURAL HISTORY
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.CLASS MAMMALIA. — ORDER I.—QUADRUMANA.—THE APES AND MONKEYS. — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION—THE MAN-SHAPED APES—1. THE GORILLA ( Troglodytes Gorilla ). — CHAPTER II. THE MAN-SHAPED APES ( continued )— THE NSCHIEGO MBOUVÉ — THE KOOLO-KAMBA — THE SOKO — THE CHIMPANZEE . — CHAPTER III. THE MAN-SHAPED APES ( continued )—Genus Simia — THE ORANG-UTAN. — CHAPTER IV. THE MAN-SHAPED APES ( concluded )— THE GIBBONS [18] —1. THE SIAMANGS —2. THE TRUE GIBBONS. — CHAPTER V. THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS [25] —1. SEMNOPITHECUS —2. COLOBUS. — CHAPTER VI. THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS ( continued ). THE GUENONS. [39] — CHAPTER VII. THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS ( continued ). THE MACAQUES. [49] — CHAPTER VIII. THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS ( continued ). THE BABOONS. [60] — CHAPTER IX. THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS ( concluded ). THE BABOONS. — CHAPTER X. THE MONKEYS OF THE NEW WORLD. [76] — CHAPTER XI. THE CEBIDÆ ( concluded )— THE SQUIRREL MONKEYS — DOUROUCOULIS — SAKIS . — CHAPTER XII. THE MARMOSETS AND TAMARINS. [107] — CHAPTER XIII. GENERAL REMARKS ON THE QUADRUMANA. — CHAPTER XIV. THE LEMUROIDA. — CHAPTER XV. THE LEMUROIDA ( continued ). — CHAPTER XVI. THE LEMUROIDA ( concluded )— THE GALAGOS [129]
7. 7.CHIROPTERA, OR WING-HANDED ANIMALS. THE BATS. — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.—CLASSIFICATION OF BATS.—THE FRUIT-EATING BATS. — CHAPTER II. SUB-ORDER I.—MEGACHIROPTERA, OR LARGE BATS. FAMILY I.—PTEROPIDÆ, OR FRUIT-EATING BATS. — CHAPTER III. SUB-ORDER II.—MICROCHIROPTERA, OR INSECTIVOROUS BATS. HORSESHOE BATS AND MEGADERMS. — CHAPTER IV. FAMILY IV.—VESPERTILIONIDÆ, OR TRUE BATS. — CHAPTER V. EMBALLONURINE ALLIANCE. FAMILY V.—EMBALLONURIDÆ, OR THICK-LEGGED BATS. — CHAPTER VI. FAMILY VI.—PHYLLOSTOMIDÆ, OR VAMPIRES.
8. 8.ORDER INSECTIVORA. — CHAPTER I. COLUGOS—BANGSRINGS—JUMPING SHREWS—HEDGEHOGS—TANRECS—RIVER SHREWS. — CHAPTER II. GOLDEN MOLES—MOLES—DESMANS—SHREWS.
9. 9.Untitled

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