A SYSTEMATIC INDEX, 



COMPRISING THE 



CHARACTERS OF THE CLASSES, ORDERS, 



AND TRIBES OF ANIMALS. 



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CLASS I. MAMMIFEROUS ANIMALS. 



THESE all nourish their offspring with milk supplied 

 from their own hodies. 



They consist of QUADRUPEDS and WHALES, and are 

 divided into seven orders. 



ORDER I. PRIMATES. 



These have the upper front teeth, generally four in number, 

 wedge-shaped, and parallel; and two teats situated on the 

 breast. 



1. Ape tribe. Have in each jaw four front teeth; and the 

 canine teeth, or tusks, are separate from the others. 

 The feet are formed like hands page I 



OranOtan 1 



Chimpanzee 3 



Long-armed Ape ib. 



Pigmy ape ib. 



Common Baboon 4 



Green Monkey 5 



Chinese Monkey ......... 5 



Long-nosed Monkey , ib. 



Mandril ib. 



Full-bottom Monkey 6 



Four-fingered Monkey ib. 



Striated Monkey ib. 



2. Lemur tribe. Have, in the lower jaw, six front teeth ; and 



the canine teeth close to the others. The feet are formed 



like hands 7 



Slow Lemur 7 | Ring-tailed Macauco 8 



3. Bat tribe. Have the toes of the fore-feet extremely long, 



and connected together by a membrane which extends 

 round the hinder part of the body fl 



Common Bat 8 I Vam pyre Bat 10 



Long-eared Bat 9 | 



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