MAMMALS 



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KEY, OR TABLE, FOR CLASSIFYING MAMMALS 

 (class Mammalia} INTO ORDERS 



Imperfect Mammals, young hatched or pre- 

 maturely born 



BI Jaws a birdlike beak, egg-laying 

 Bo Jaws not beaklike, young carried in pouch 

 A 2 Perfect Mammals, young not hatched, nor 

 prematurely born 



Cj Front part of both jaws lack teeth 



C 2 Teeth with sharp points for piercing 



shells of insects 

 C 3 Canines very long, molars suited for 



tearing 

 .C 4 Canines lacking, incisors very large 



Digits 

 with 

 claws 



B 2 



Digits 



not 

 distinct 



Digits 



with 

 nails 

 or 

 hoofs 



C 1 Head large ; carnivorous 

 C 2 Head small ; herbivorous 



C 1 Five toes, nose prolonged into a snout 



C 9 Toes odd number, less than five 



C 3 Toes even number, upper front teeth 



lacking, chew the cud 

 C 4 Toes even number, upper front teeth 



present, not cud-chewers 

 C- All limbs having hands 

 C 6 Two limbs having hands 



ORDERS 



Mon'otrentes 

 Marsu'pials 



Eden 1 tales 



Insect'ivors 



Car'nivors 

 Rodents 



Ceta'ceans 

 Sire'neans 



Proboscideans 



Equities 



Ru' minants 



Swine 

 Quad' rumans 



Bf mans 



Exercise in Classification. Copy the following list, and by refer- 

 ence to figures write the name of its order after each mammal : - 



Ape (Figs. 405, 406) Cow (Figs. 344, 386) Antelope (Fig. 391) 



Rabbit (Fig. 345) 

 Dog (Figs. 356, 408) 

 Hog (Figs. 357, 393) 

 Bat (Figs. 347, 370) 

 Cat (Figs. 337, 348) 

 Armadillo 



(Figs. 349, 365) 



Walrus (Fig. 340) 

 Monkey 



(Figs. 352,401) 

 Horse 



(Figs. 355, 395) 

 Ant-eater 



Mole 



(Figs. 367, 368) 

 Beaver 



(Figs. 372, 373) 

 Duckbill (Fig. 359) 

 Tapir (Fig. 384) 



(Figs. 354, 364) Dolphin (379, 397) 



Use chart of skulls and Figs. 381, 382, 395-400 in working out this 



exercise. 



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