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A GENEEAL IDEA OF ANIMALS .... 1 



VERTEBRATES, OR BACK-BONED ANIMALS . . 8 



MAMMALS 11 



Man , 11 



Monkeys, or Quadrumanes "12 



Flesh-Eaters, or Carnivores 16 



Plant-Eaters, or Herbivores 27 



Whales, or Cetaceans 38 



Bats, or Cheiropters 43 



Insect-Eaters, or Insectivores 44 



Rodents, or Gnawers 46 



Edentates, or Toothless Animals 54 



Marsupials, or Pouched Animals 55 



Duckbills, or Monotremes 57 



BIRDS , 58 



Birds of Prey, or Raptores 60 



Climbers, or Scansores 66 



Perchers, or Insessores 70 



Scratchers, or Rasores , 86 



Waders, or Grallatores 89 



Swimmers, or Natatores . 94 



REPTILES 100 



Turtles 100 



Lizards, or Saurians 103 



Serpents, or Snakes 104 



BATRACHIANS 106 



Frogs and Toads 107 



Salamanders, Tritons, &c -. 108 



FISHES 110 



Spine- Finned Fishes .112 



Soft-Finned Fishes 114 



Tuft-Gilled Fishes 120 



Puffers, &c 120 



Sturgeons 122 



Sharks, or Selachians 122 



Cyclostomes . . .' . 122 



