GENERAL CLASSIFICATION 



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Chiro'ptcra. 



Galeopithecus [Insectivore. H. E.]. Noctilio. 



Rhinolophus. Bat. 



Phyllostome. Flying Fox. 



Remark. According to the order which I have adopted, the quad- 

 rumanous family comprises the most perfect of known animals, and 

 especially the later genera of this family ; and as a matter of fact 

 the genus orang (Pithecus) is at the end of the entire order, just as 

 the monas is at the beginning of it. How great is the difference in 

 organisation and faculties between these two genera ! 



Naturalists who have considered man exclusively according to the 

 afl&nities of his organisation, have formed a special genus for him 

 with six known varieties, thus making him a separate family which 

 they have described in the following manner. 



BIMANA. 



Mammals with differentiated iinguiculate limbs ; with three kinds of 

 teeth and opposable thumbs on the hands only. 



Man. 



'^Caucasian. 

 Hyperborean. 

 Mongolian. 

 American. 

 Malayan. 

 Ethiopian or Negro. 



Varieties. " 



This family has received the name of Bimana, because in man it 

 is only the hands that have a separate thumb opposite to the fingers 

 while in the Quadrumana the hands and feet have the same character 

 as regards the thumb. 



Some Observations with regard to Man. 



If man was only distinguished from the animals by his organisation, 

 it could easily be shown that his special characters are all due to long- 

 standing changes in his activities and in the habits which he has 



