TABULAR LIST 



OF THE Great Groups or Branches of the Pedigree of 

 ANIMALS 



I. VERTEBRATA. (Back-boned Animals.) 

 Class 1. MAMMALS. 



2. BIRDS. 



3. REPTILES. 



4. AMPHIBIANS. 



5. FISHES. 



6. 7 and 8. Lancelets, Ascidians and 

 Acorn-Worms. 



II. MOLLUSCS. (Mussels, Oysters, Clams, Snails, 

 Slugs, Whelks and Cuttle-fish.) 



III. APPENDICULATES. (Insects, Crabs, Shrimps, 



Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes, and Annulate 

 Worms and Wheel-animalcules.) 



IV. ECHINODERMS. (Starfishes, Sea Urchins and 



Sea-Cucumbers. ) 

 V. FLAT WORMS. (Flukes, Tape-Worms, Water- 

 flukes, etc.) 

 VI. NEMERTINES. (Cord-like Sea-Worms.) 

 VII. NEMATODS. (Parasitic Thread- Worms.) 



VIII. CORAL-POLYPS and SEA-ANEMONES. , 

 IX. HYDRA-POLYPS and JELLY FISH. 



X. SPONGES. 



XI. PROTOZOA. (Microscopic Unicellular Animalcules, 

 Amoeba", Gregarines, Flagellates, etc.) 



N.B. — The list does not contain the less important great 

 groups, and is purposely made more simple than are the 

 tables of classification used in scientific text-books. 



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