j4 THE NOMENCLATURE 



i 



opolTum, the Egyptian and woolly jerboa's, 

 &c. fhould be added, becaufe they arc four- ■ 

 handed like the apes and monkeys. Thus the |, 

 lift of four-handed animals beins; at leaft forty 'u 

 fpecies, the real number of quadrupeds is one j 

 fifth diminifhed. We muft like wife retrench || 

 twelve or fifteen fpecies of bipeds, namely, the !! 

 bats, whofe fore-feet are rather wings than $ 

 feet, and likewife three or four jerboa's, becaule b 

 they can walk on their hind feet only, the fore- p 

 feet being too fliort. If we fubtradl alfo the b 

 manati, which has no hind feet, the ar£lic and 

 Indian walrus, and the feals, to whom the hind ' 

 feet are ufelefsj and, if we ilill retrench thofe 

 animals which ule their fore-feet like hands, 

 as the bears, the marmots, the coati's, the j- 

 gouti's, thefquirrels, the rats, and many others, 

 the denomination of quadruped will appear to 

 be applied improperly to more than one half ot 

 thefe animals. The whole and cloven-hoof- 

 ed are indeed the only real quadrupeds. When 

 we dcfcend to the digitated clals, we find four- 

 lianded, or ambiguous quadrupeds, who ui<i 

 their fore-feet as hands, and ougltr to be fcpa- 

 rated or diftinguilhed from the others. Of 

 whole-hoofed animals, there are three fpecies, 

 the horfe, the aG;, and the zebra. If to thcfo 

 we add the elephant, the rhinoceros, the hippo- 

 potamus, and the camel, whole feet, though 

 terminated by nails, are folid, and ferve the a- 

 nimals for walking only, we fhall have feven 



fpecies 



