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popular names. With some omissions and abbreviations it is o-iven below, 

 with the native and English names used by Ray. TIk^ first group [carni- 

 vores] he subdivided as follows: 

 Majora, rostro 



Brevi, capite rotundiore, Felinum genus ["Leo," "Tigris," " Par- 

 dalis," "Lynx," "Catus Pardus," "Felis domestica seu Catus," 

 "Ursus"]. 

 Productiore, Caninum Genus. Under this iieading are included 

 among others: Lupus, Wolf and Jackal; Canls [10 species 

 listed]; Vulpes, 'AAwTTT/f ; Animal Zibethicum. .. .the Civet 

 Cat; CoATi. . . Rattoon s. Rackoon; Coati Mondi. . . . ; Yz- 

 QUiEPATL seu Vulpecula [Skunk], Carigueya, the Possum; .... 

 Taxus sive Meles, the Badger, Brock or Gray; Lutra, the 

 Otter; Phoca seu Vitulus marinus. . . .the Sea- Calf or Soile; 

 Equt'S Marinus Hippopotamus falso dictus, Anglis Mors a 

 Russis mutato nomine, Belgis Walrus, Danis Rosmarus, the 

 Morse or Sea-Horse; Manati, seu Vacca marina, the Sea 

 Cow. 

 Under the same heading but set apart as belonging to " Genus Mustelinum 

 vermineumve" were listed many of the Mustelidfe and Viverridse as follows: 

 Mustela vulgaris, the Weasell or Weesel; Viverra Tndica; Mungo [?Mun- 

 goose]; Mustela Candida s. Animal Er:\iineum, the Ermine or Stoat; Mus- 

 tela silvestris. . . .The Ferret, nonnullis Euro. . . . ; Puforius, the Polecat 

 or Fitchet, INIartes alliis Foyna, A Martin or Martlet; Mustela Zibellina 

 the Sable; Genetta; Ichneumon. 



This is a tolerably good classification of the Carnivora and left com- 

 paratively little for Linnjeus to do except in the matter of applying binomial 

 names. 



1748. Linnfeus (2d ed. Syst. Nat.) includes under "Ferae" the genera 

 Ursus, Fell's, Mustela, Lutra, Canis, Phnga, [Phoca], Meles, Erirmceus, 

 Dasi/pus, Talpa, and Vespertilio. 



1758. Linnaeus (10th ed.) excludes from Fertie all but Phoca, Canis, 

 Felis, Viverra, Mustela, Ursus. 



1766. Linnaeus (12th ed.) includes under Ferae the genera Phoca, 

 Canis, Felis, Viverra, Mustela, Ursus, Didelphis, Talpa, Sorex, Erinaceus. 



1797. Blumenbach's classification in 1797 was as follows: Ordo 

 Digitata. (o) Digitata Glires. {h) Digitata Ferae, (c) Digitata Bruta. 

 Under the "Digitata Eerie" were included certain Insectivores, Didelphis, 

 the Kangaroo, and Viverra, Mustela, Ursus, Canis, Felis. 



1795. Geoff roy and Cuvier break up the I>innaean orders, distributing 

 the true Carnivores in the orders "Vermiformes" (Mephitis, Mustela, 



