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242 MAMMALIA. 
B. Seieted, with the fingers and toes of 
the same | GaLEoPITHeEces. 
2. Insectivora, without lateral membranous 
expansions ; molars cuspidated. 
“a. With two long anterior incisors, the rest 
short, the laniaries sinall. Erinaceus, &e. 
8. With the incisors small, the laniaries 
large. Cenreres, &c. 
3. Carnivora, incisors six in each jaw; mo- 
lars, some of them sectorial or trenchant. 
Fig. 69. 
Dentition of Bear. 
a, Incisors ; 5, laniary ; c, false molars ; d, secto- 
= molar or ‘carnassial ; e, tuberculate or true mo- 
ars, 
a. Plantigrada. Ursus, &c. 
fp. Digitigrada. Canis, Fexis, &e. 
y- Pinnigrada. Puoca, &c. 
Fig. 70. 
Hind extremities, Seal. 
IV. Marsupiatia. 
1. Incisors small; laniaries long; posterior 
molars cuspidated. Divetpuis, &e. 
2. Lower incisors two, long ; upper ones six. 
Upper laniaries long and pointed ; lower ones 
small. Puataneista, &c. 
8. Lower laniaries wanting; no thumb on 
the hind feet. Hypstprymnus. 
4. No laniaries. Macropus. 
« 5. Lower incisors two, no laniaries: upper 
incisors six; two small laniaries. PHasco- 
ARCTOS. 
6. Two long incisors in each jaw; no lania- 
ries. Puascotomys. 
Sect.b. Without laniaries ; two large incisors 
distant from the molaries. 
. Roventia. 
1. With clavicles. 
a. Sciuride, anterior digits four, posterior 
five ; tail cylindrical and bushy. 
B. Muride, tail cylindrical, not bushy. 
: y- Pedetide, anterior digits five, posterior 
our. 
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— Spalacide, anterior digits five, p 
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t. "s. Castoride, tail flat and scaly, 
2. With imperfect clavicles, or none. 
a. Hystricide, body covered with si pines 
B. Leporide, "two small incisors behind 
ree superior large ones. uy 
aviade, no character in common, ; 
Sect. c. Without incisor teeth. — 
VI. Epentata. 
1. Tardigrada ; with a short muzzle. 
pypus, &c. 
2. Typical LEdentata; with an elon; 
muzzle. Dasypus, &c. ' 
3. Monotremata ; with marsupi 
acloaca. ORNITHORHYNCHUS, 
B. Ungulata. 
a. Not Ruminants. 
VII. Pacnypermata. 
1. Proboscidea ; with a proboscis: iei 
projecting ; feet pentadactyle. Er : 
2. Typical Pachydermata ; feet t 
or di-dactyle. Hippopotamus, &e. 
3. Solipeda; feet monodactyle. 
b. Ruminants. 
VIII. Ruminantia. 
. Without antlers or horns. Cametu 
. With antlers. Cervus, &e. 
. With horns. Awntirope, &e. 
C. Mutica. 
IX. Ceracka. 
1. Herbivora; teeth fitted for n 
Manatvus, &e. 
2. Typical Cetacea ; teeth unfitted f 
tication, or wanting. Derxtpuinvs, &e. — 
The ideas that have been broached respe 
the attinities and classification of the Mami 
after Cuvier, and which are most 
for their novelty and boldness, are the 
have emanated from the naturalists of t 
lish Quinary school. The founder ant 
most talented of this sect—Mr. W. 8. . 
—thus enunciates his views of the ar og i 
servable between the principal groups 0 
malia, and those into which the class o 
resolvable. Every Mammiferous 
he says, “ may be reduced to these five or 
that is, may be assimilated, in a greate! 
degree, to one or other of the followir g. 
forms ; viz. Man, the Lion, the Horse, th 
and the Mouse. I shall show hereafter 
these five orders form a continued se; 
ing into itself, so as to be a natural ¢ 
the mean time, I must recall to thea 
the reader the orders of Birds as defi 
ranged by Mr. Vigors; and to whieh dl 
and arrangement I have just soplied a0 
a test, only to corroborate their accurac’ 
to make them display additional harmony 
“ When we have heard the Parrot or 1 
ate speaking; when we have witness¢ 
former feeding itself as it were with | 
when, in short, we have reflected on the rer 
ent of © 
be 
wre 
able intelligence and developm 
throughout the whole order of Insessor 
which both birds belong,—there has bee 
one, perhaps, dull enough not t 
to Primates....1 allow indeed, that it ' 
rom pare 
