ORDERS. 4i 
This class embraces.that numerous tribe of 
compound animals which inhabit or rather com- 
pose, fixed stems, offea called marine plants, 
Examples. Corais, sponges, sea- fans. 
44. Inrusoria, animals which abound in stag- 
nant liguids only ; and which cannot be discovered 
without the microscepe. 
Most of these animals are gelatinous without 
any organized viscera. But some of them are 
more or less complicated in their structure ; hay- 
ing a stomach and organs for motion. 
Examples. Vibrio, volvox. 
CLASS MAMMALIA 
IS DIVIDED INTO EIGHT ORDERS. 
1. Biman, having two hands and cuspidate 
teeth. | 
cep Man. Be 
2. QuapRuMANI, having four funds and cuspi- 
date teeth. 
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Examples... Ape, ourang-outang. 
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3. CaRnivori, having cuspidate “hs ecth, “toes 
with nails and no thumbs. ga ed 
Examples. Bat, hedgehog, Sela e art Raste 
bear, martin, dog, wolf, weazle, — cat, on 
seal, opossum. 
4. Arrosores, (rongeurs) gnawers, or animals 
having incisors in both jaws and no cuspidate teeth ; 
toes with nails ; feeding almost wholly on vegetable 
substances. 
Examples. Beaver, rat, squirrel, hare. 
5. EDENTATA, animals without incisors, and 
with hoof-like nails. 
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