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VERTEBRATA, 



Or animals with back-bone and bony skeleton, and comprehending 



MAMMALIA, AVES, REPTILIA, and PISCES. 

 I. MAMMALIA, or Sucklers, subdivided into Placental and Aplacental. 



1. PLACENTAL, bringing forth mature young. 

 BIMANA (Two-handed) Man. 



QUADRUMANA (Fow-lianded) Monkeys, Apes, Lemurs. 

 CHEIROPTERA (Hand-winged) Bats, Vampyre-bats, Fox-bats. 

 INSECTIVORA (Insect-eaters) Mole, Shrew, Hedgehog, Banxring. 

 CARNIVOBA (Flesh-eaters) Dog, Wolf, Tiger, Lion, Badger, Bear. 

 PINNIPEDIA (Fin-footed)- Seals, Walrus. 



RODENTIA (Gnawers) Hare, Beaver, Rat, Squirrel, Porcupine. 

 EDENTATA (Toothless) Ant-eater, Armadillo, Pangolin, Sloth. 

 RUMINANTIA (Cud-ckewers) Camel, Llama, Deer, Goat, Sheep, Ox. 

 SOLIDUNGULA (Solid-hoofs) Horse, Ass, Zebra, Quagga. 

 PACHYDERMATA (Thick-skins) Elephant, Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros. 

 CETACEA ( Whales) Whale, Porpoise, Dolphin, Lamantin. 



2. APLACENTAL, bringing forth immature young. 

 MARSUPIALIA pouched) Kangaroo, Opossum, Pouched Wolf, &c. 

 MONOTREMATA (One-vented) Ornithorhynchus, Porcupine- ant-eaters. 



II. AVES, or BIRDS. 



RAPTORES (Seizers) Eagles, Falcons, Hawks, Owls, Vultures. 

 INSESSORES (Perchers) Jays, Crows, Finches, Sparrows, Thrushes, &c. 

 SCANSORES (Climbers) Woodpeckers, Parrots, Cockatoos, &c. 

 COLUMB.E (Pigeons) Common Dove, Turtle Dove, Ground Dove. 

 RASORES (Scrapers) Barnfowl, Partridge, Grouse, Pheasant. 

 CURSORED (Runners) Ostrich, Emeu, Apteryx. 

 GRALLATORES ( Waders) Rails, Storks, Cranes, Herons. 

 NATATORES (Swimmers) Divers, Gulls, Ducks, &c. 



III. REPTILIA, subdivided into Reptiles Proper and Batrachians. 

 1. REPTILES PROPER. 



CHELONIA ( Tortoises) Turtles, Tortoises. 



LORICATA (Covered with Scutes) Crocodile, Gavial, Alligator. 



SAURIA (Lizards) Lizard, Iguana, Chameleon. 



OPHIDIA (Serpents) Vipers, Snakes, Boas, &c. 



2. BATRACHIANS, or FROGS. 



ANOURA (Tail-lets) Toad, Frog, Tree-frog. 

 URODELA (Tailed) Siren, Triton, Salamander. 

 A POD A (Footless) Lepidosiren, Blind worm. 



