334 QUESTIONS. 



Is this general arrangement into nine, classes capable of a still 

 more minute subdivision ? Into what are classes divided? How are 

 the orders distinguished ? Mention some of the orders into which the 

 class Mammalia is divided. 



How are the orders subdivided ? Describe a genus, and give some 

 examples. What does the genus Felis include? the genus Canis ? 

 Equus ? 



(P. 19.) How are the genera subdivided ? Describe a species. If you 

 consider all the animals of the Cat kind, as the Tiger, the Lion, the Cat- 

 amount, the Leopard, &c., in one class, will it form a genus or a species f 

 If you consider the Cat alone, or the Tiger, or Leopard alone, how do 

 you speak of it, as a genus or a species? A species of "what genus ? 

 What is the Wolf a species of? The Gray Squirrel ? How do natural- 

 ists designate animals ? What is the first name called ? the second ? 

 Which of these names corresponds with the surname of Man ? 



To what family of animals does the Lion belong ? the Tiger ? the 

 Leopard ' What genus do these and all of the same family compose ? 

 What is the generic name of the Lion ? What the specific ? The gen- 

 eric name of the Leopard ? the specific ? The generic name of the 

 Wolf? the specific ? The generic name of the Fox? the specific ? 



Each particular sort of animal, then, constitutes what ? A number 

 of species taken together form what? A number of genera united 

 form what ? And what are classes ? 



SECTION II. 

 Class I. Mammalia. 



(P. 20.) WHAT ARE THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS or THE CLASS 

 MAMMALIA, AS COMPARED WITH OTHER CLASSES ? Why is Man ar- 

 ranged by naturalists in this class ? What gives to Man his crowning 

 distinction above all other animals ? 



In what elements are the different animals of this class adapted to 

 live and move ? What animal is taken as a specimen of this class ? 

 Why ? How is the human body divided ? What does the cranium 

 include ? Describe the skull ; the brain and spinal marrow. Name 

 the different parts of the face. Are or are not the bones of the head 

 numerous ? What are sutures f 



(P. 21.) To what important bone in the frame is the head attached : 

 What are the vertebrae;? How many compose the back-bone ? De- 

 scribe the vertebrae, and their mode of connection with each other. 

 What are processes ? How is the canal formed for the passage of the 



