ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



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ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



structure or other qualities, which the micro- 

 scope is required to investigate, are specially 

 treated of under their respective heads. 



Kingdom. ANIMALIA. 



Subkingdom. Vertebrata. 



Class I. Mammalia. 



Order 1. Bimana. 



Homo, man. 

 Order 2. Quadrumana. 



Simla, ape ; Cercopithecus, common 

 monkey; Semnopithecus, Indian mon- 

 key. 



Order 3. Cheiroptera. 

 Vespertilio, bat. 



Order 4. Insectivora. 

 Erinaceus, hedgehog ; Talpa, mole. 



Order 5. Carnivora. 



Canis, dog and wolf; Ursus, bear; 

 Felis, lion ; Phoca, seal ; Nasua, coati- 

 mondi. 



Order 6. Cetacea. 

 BalcBna, whale ; Phoccena, porpoise. 



Order 7. Pachydermata. 



Eqims, horse ; Elephas, elephant ; Ha- 

 licore, dugong ; Sus, hog ; Hippopota- 

 mus ; Cheiropotamus. 



Order 8. Ruminantia. 



Bos, ox ; Catnelus, camel ; Cervus, 

 deer ; Copra, goat ; Ovis, sheep. 



Order 9. Edentata. 



Dasypus, armadillo ; Brady pus, sloth. 



Order 10. Rodentia. 



C«i?ia, guinea-pig ; Le/JM5, hare; Sorex, 

 shrew ; Mus, mouse and rat ; Sciurus, 

 squirrel ; Castor, beaver and musk- 

 quash ; Chinchilla. 



Order 11. Marsupialia. 



Macropus, kangaroo ; Didelphys, opos- 

 sum. 



Order 12. Monotremata. 



Ornithorhynchus, duck-billed plat^-pus. 



Class II. Aves, birds. 



Order 1. Accipitres. 



Aqiiila, eagle ; Strix, owl. 

 Order 2. Passerina. 



Fringilla, finch ; Hirundo, swallow ; 



Turdus, thrush, blackbird. 

 Order 3. Scansores. 



Cucidus, cuckoo ; Psittacus, parrot. 

 Order 4. Gallina. 



Gallus, fowl ; Colwiiba, pigeon. 

 Order 5. Grall^. 



Strut hio, ostrich ; Grus, crane. 

 Order 6. Palmipedes. 



Larus, gull; Auas, duck; Anser, goose. 



Class III. Reptilia. 



Order 1. Perennibranchiata. 

 Siren. 



Order 2. Chelonia. 

 Testudo, tortoise. 



Order 3. Sauria. 



Crocodilus, crocodile; Lacerta, hzard. 



Order 4. Ophidia. 

 Boa ; Coluber, snake. 



Order 5. Batrachia. 



Rana, frog ; Bufo, toad ; Triton, water- 

 salamander; Menopoma. 



Class 4. Pisces. 



Order 1. Ganoidea. 



Lepidosteus, bony pike ; Sturio, stur- 

 geon. 



Order 2. Placoidea. 



Squalus, shark; Raia, ray. 



Order 3. Ctenoidea. 

 Perca, perch. 



Order 4. Cycloidea. 



Salmo, salmon ; Clupea, herring ; Cy- 

 prinus, carp. 



Subkingdom. Invertebrata. 



Class I. MOLLUSCA. 



Order 1*. Tunicata. 



Ascidia, Salpa. 

 Order 2*. Brachiopoda. 



Terehratula. 

 Order 3*. Lamellibranchiata. 



Ostrea, oyster; Mytilus, mussel. 

 Order 4t. Pteropoda. 



Clio. 

 Order 5f. Gasteropoda. 



Helix, snail ; Limax, slug. 

 Order 6. Cephalopoda. 



Sepia, cuttle-fish. 



*** These three orders form the Acephala 

 of some authors. 



ft These orders form the Cephalophora. 



Class II. Crustacea. 



Order 1. Pcecilopoda. 



Limulus, king-crab. 

 Order 2. Siphonostoma {Ichthyo- 

 phthira). 



LerncBa, Argulus. 

 Order 3t. Ostracoda. 



Cypris. 

 Order 4\. Copepoda. 



Cyclops. 

 Order 5. Cirripedia (Cirrhopoda) . 



Balanus, acorn-shell ; Anatifer. 



