APPENDIX 549 



Order 7. Carnivora. 

 Order 8. Cheiroptera. 

 Order 9. Primates. 



In this arrangement there will be noticed especially the separa- 

 tion of ganoids and teleosts, the small number of reptilian Or- 

 ders, the complete isolation of the birds, and the arrangement of 

 the mammalian Orders in such a way as to bring the Primates at 

 the top. Certain of these faults, like the isolation of the birds, 

 have been corrected for some time, the separation of ganoids and 

 teleosts is a convenient one for purposes of comparative anat- 

 omy, and is employed for this purpose in the body of this work. 

 The arrangement of the mammals to show the supremacy of 

 Man is natural, and is based, of course, in part, on the high de- 

 velopment of the brain, but much is due to natural human pride 

 which recognizes man's mental supremacy, and feels that a su- 

 premacy in physical structure must also be granted. As a matter 

 of fact, in all other aspects save that of the brain, the apes and 

 man are rather primitive in their structure and show a far less 

 bodily specialization than almost any of the other living Orders of 

 mammals, the Insectivora and a few others being alone excepted. 



