The comparative non-existence of Australian mammalia, higher in rank than the marsupials, is a subject for the zoologist.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
And through this last class we see a steady ascent from one form of organization to another; from fishes to reptiles, from reptiles to birds, from birds to mammalia, until by steady rise we reach the human body, in delicacy, beauty, and faculty the crown of all.
"Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors"
James Freeman Clarke
They longed to look upon its shining lakes and crystal rivers; upon its snow-clad hills and ice-bound streams; upon its huge mammalia-its moose and its musk-oxen, its wapiti and its monster bears.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid