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HAND-BOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY. 



CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 

 Vertebrata. 



MAMMALIA 



Primates 



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Chiroptera . 

 Iiisectivora . 

 Carnivora . 

 Proboscidea 

 Hyracoidea . 

 Ungulata: 



Perissodactyla 



Artiodaciyla 



Sirenia 

 Cetacea 

 Rodentia 



Edentata 

 Marsupiata . 

 Monotremata 



BIRDS 



CARINAT.E 



Eaptores (Birds of Prey} 



Typical Examples. 

 Man. 



Ape, baboon. 

 Bat, flying fox. 

 Mole, hedgehog. 

 Lion, dog, bear, seal. 

 Elephant. 

 Hyrax 



Tapir, rhinoceros, horse. 



Hippopotamus, pig, camel, chevrotain, 

 deer, ox, sheep, goat, giraffe. 



Dugong, manatee. 



Whale, porpoise, narwhal. 



Hare, porcupine, guinea pig, rat, beaver, 

 squirrel, dormouse. 



Armadillo, pangolin, true anteater, 

 Cape anteater, sloth. 



Opossum, bandicoot, Thylacinus, pha- 

 langer, wombat, kangaroo. 



Ornithorhynchus, or duck-billed platy- 

 pus, Echidna or spiny anteater. 



Vulture, hawk, owl. 

 Woodpecker, parrot. 

 Crow, finch, swallow. 

 Fowl, pheasant, grouse. 



Scansores ( Climbing Birds) . 

 Passeres (Perching Birds) . 

 Rasores (Scratching Birds) . 



Grallatores ( Wading Birds) : Heron, stork, snipe, crane. 

 N&tsitoTeB (Swimming Birds) Penguin, duck, pelican, gull. 

 RATIT^E 



Cursores (Running Birds) 



REPTILES 

 Crocodilia 

 Lacertilia 



Chelonia 

 Ophidia 



AMPHIBIA 

 Anura 

 Urodela 



FISH 

 Dipnoi 

 Teleostei 

 Placoidei 

 Ganoidei 

 Cyclostomi 

 Leptocardii 



Ostrich, emeu, apteryx. 



Crocodile, alligator, 

 Iguana, chameleon, gecko, lizard, slow- 

 worm, flying dragon. 

 Tortoise, turtle 

 Snake, viper. 



Frog, toad. 

 Newt, salamander. 



Lepidosiren. 



Perch, mackerel, cod, herring. 



Shark, ray. 



Sturgeon, bony pike. 



Lamprey, hag. 



Amphioxus lanceolatus. 



