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A doigts impairs. 



Pachydermes [Hyrax, Rhinoceros, Palseotherium and its 



allies, Tapirus]. 

 Solipedes. Equus. 



A doigts pairs. 



Non-Ruminans ou Brutes [Pigs, Hippopotamus, Anoplother- 



ium, etc., Adapis]. 

 Ruminans. 

 Maldentes. 



Maldent^s [Edentata]. 



WAGNER, 1855. 



* Schreber's Saugetiere,' Suppl. Bd., Vte Abth., ss. ix-xxvi. 



Cuvier's name and influence were so powerful that his system of classifi- 

 cation of the mammals, as given in the later editions of the 'Regne Animal,' 

 came into very wide use and was modified only in details. In England 

 "GriflBth's Cuvier" long held undisputed sway, as stated above. In Ger- 

 many, after the classifications of Oken and his school had been found wanting 

 by practical naturalists, the progress of the modern ideas introduced by de 

 Blainville was very slow, as shown in the following classification by Wagner. 

 This classification is mainly Cuvierian with certain features from Blumen- 

 bach and Illiger; it constitutes a rather inglorious ending for an epoch in 

 which great ideas had been developed. 



Wagner's Classification of 1855. 



Simiae. 



I. Fam. Simiae catarrhinae [Geoffroy]. 



II. " " platyrrhinae [Geoffroy]. 

 III. " Prosimii [Illiger]. 



Edentata [c/., Vicq d'Azyr). 

 Marsupialia [cf. Geoffroy, de Blainville]. 



I. Fam. Dasyurina. (Thylacinus, Dasyurus, Phascologale, Myrmecobius). 



II. " Syndactylina. (Perameles, Choeropus). 



III. " Pedimana. (Didelphis, Chironectes) . 



IV. " Edentula. (Tarsipes). 



V. " Scandentia. (Phalangista, Petaurus, Phascolarctos, Dendrolagus). 



VI. " Macropoda. (Hypsiprymnus, Halmaturus). 



VII. " Glirina. (Phascolomys) . 



Ruminantia 

 I. Fam. Cervina. (Moschus, Cervus, Camelopardalis). 



II. " Cavicornia [Illiger]. (Antilope, Aegoceros, Bos.)] 

 III. " Tylopoda [Illiger]. 

 Solidungula [Blumenbach]. (Equus). 



Pachydermata (Hippopotamus, Sus, etc. Tapirus, Hyrax, Rhinoceros, Elephas. 

 Insectivora [Cuvier]. 



