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A Classification of Animals from the point of view 



of Economic Zoology. 



Guoi'i' A. — Animals nipfitmi or slaiujhtered by man fcjr fooil, or for 

 the use by him in other ways, of their skin, bone, fat, or 

 other products. 



Emmplen. — Animals of the cha.se ; food-fishes ; whales ; 

 pearl-mu8.se Is. 



Group B. — Animals bred or cvl'iralod by man for food or for the u.se of 

 tiieir products in industry or for their servicvs as living 

 thinjjs. 



Kramplea. — Flocks and hepls ; horses ; dogs, poultry ; 

 gold-fish ; bees ; silkworms and leeches. 



Group ('. — Animals which directly promot'.' man's op<Tafion8 as a civilised 

 Ix-ing without Iwiug killed, captund or trained by him. 



Kj-aniphs. — Scavengers such a.s vultures ; airrion-feeding 

 in.sect8 ; earthworms and flower-fertilizing insec-ts. 



Group 1>. — .Vnimals which concern man as causing bodily injury, some- 

 times death, to him, and in other aises disease, often of a 

 deadly chanwter. 



Ksatnplfs. — Lions; wolves ; snakes; stinging and parasitic 

 insi'Cta ; disease germ-tuirrier.-*, ns flies and mosiiuitoes ; 

 para-sitic worms ; |>anusitic protozoa. 



Group E. — Animals which concern man as causing botlily injury or 

 diseii.sc (both pos-sibly of a di-adly charartor) to (.1), liis stoi'k 

 of domestiaitcfl animals ; or (/>'), to his vegetable plantaticms ; 

 or {(T), to wild animals in the preservation of which he is 

 intcre-stetl ; or {I)), wild plants in the preservation of which 

 he is int4'reste<l. 



Examplfis. — Similar to those of (J roup I), but also insectA 

 and worms which destroy crops, fruit and forest trees, and 

 pests such Its frugivorous binls, rabbits and voles. 



