Non-deciduate placenta. The remaining Mammalia are characterized by a non-deciduate placenta; or at least by a placenta in which only parts of the maternal epithelium and no vascular maternal structures are carried away at parturition. The non-deciduate placentæ are divided into two groups: (1) The polycotyledonary placenta, characteristic of the true Ruminantia (Cervidæ, Antilopidæ, Bovidæ, Camelopardalidæ); (2) the diffused placenta found in the other non-deciduate Mammalia, viz. the Perissodactyla, the Suidæ, the Hippopotamidæ, the Tylopoda, the Tragulidæ, the Sirenia, the Cetacea, Manis amongst the Edentata, and the Lemuridæ. The polycotyledonary form is the most differentiated; and is probably a modification of the diffused form. The diffused non-deciduate placenta is very easily derived from the primitive type (p. 240) by an extension of the allantoic portion of the chorion; and the exclusion of the yolk-sack from any participation in forming the chorion. The possession in common of a diffused type of placenta is by no means to be regarded as a necessary proof of affinity between two groups, and there are often, even amongst animals possessing a diffused form of placenta, considerable differences in the general arrangement of the embryonic membranes. Ungulata. Although the Ungulata include forms with both cotyledonary and diffused placentæ, the general arrangement of the embryonic membranes is so similar throughout the group, that it will be convenient to commence with a description of them, which will fairly apply both to the Ruminantia and to the other forms.