OUTLINE OF CLASSIFICATION 



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Desmognathas. 

 S t e <r a n o- 



Class //'. Kept ilia. 



Order i. Squamata. 

 Suborder i. Lacertilia. 

 Suborder 2. Ophidia. 

 Order 2. Rhynchocepha 



lia. 

 Order 3. Chelonia. 

 Order 4. Crocodilia 

 Class I '. Aves. 

 Subclass I. Dromaeognathas 

 < >rder 1. Struthiones. 

 Order 2. Apteryges. 

 Order 3. Crypturi. 

 Subclass II. Impennes. 

 Subclass III. Euornithes. 

 Order 1. 

 Suborder 1. 



podes. 

 Suborder 2. Herodii. 

 Suborder 3. Anseres or 



Chenomorphae. 

 Suborder 4. Accipitres. 

 Suborder 5. Psittaci. 

 Suborder 6. Striges. 

 Suborder 7. Picariae. 

 Order 2. Schizognathae. 

 Suborder 1. Pygopodes. 

 Suborder 2. Turbinares. 

 Suborder 3. Gallinae. 

 Suborder 4. Grallae. 

 Suborder 5. Gaviae. 

 Suborder 6. Limicolae. 

 Suborder 7. Pterocletes. 

 Suborder 8. Columbae. 



Order 3. /Egitognatrut or 

 Passeres. 

 Class VI. Mammalia. 

 Subclass I. Ornithodelphia or 



Monotremata. 

 Subclass II. Didelphia or Mar- 



supialia. 

 Subclass III. Monodelphia or 

 Placentalia. 

 Order 1. Edentata. 

 Order 2. Sirenia. 

 Order 3. Cetacea. 

 Order 4. Ungulata. 



Suborder 1. Perissodac- 



tyla. 

 Suborder 2. Artiodactyla. 

 Suborder 3. Proboscidea. 

 Suborder 4. Hyracoidea. 

 Order 5. Rodentia. 



Suborder 1. Sciuromor- 



pha. 

 Suborder 2. Myomorpha. 

 Suborder 3. Hystricomor- 



pha. 

 Suborder 4. Lagomorpha. 

 Order 6. Insectivora. 

 Order 7. Chiroptera. 

 Order 8. Caupivora. 

 Suborder 1. Fissipedia. 

 Suborder 2. Pinnipedia. 

 Order 9. Primates. 



Suborder 1. Lemuroidea. 

 Suborder 2. Anthropoi- 

 dea. 



