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ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION— TAXONOMY 



we find that the class Mammalia includes all the animals that nurse their 

 young by means of mammary glands, and since this is certainly the case in 

 dogs, we place our dog in this class. Among the mammals, there is an 

 order, known as the Carnivora, which includes animals that live primarily 



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Photo by Winchester 



Fig. 6.2. A little cocker spaniel named Becky. It seems somewhat incongruous that 

 such a little dog should have such a long classification. (See text.) 



on meat and have long canine teeth for killing their prey. The dog falls 

 in this category, even though the diet fed to it by man may be somewhat 

 varied, so we place our dog in the order Carnivora. The carnivores in- 

 clude a number of families such as the Felidac, the cat family ; Ursidae, 

 the bear family; Otariidae, the sea-lion family; and the Canidae, the dog 



