APPENDIX. ir 



(a) from Linnspus, the genera (1) Homo; (2) DidelpMs; (3) Ves- 

 perlilio; (4) Sorex; (5) Talpa; (6) Erinaceun; (7) i^eZis; (8) 

 Lutra; (9) Hystrix; (10) Castor; (11) Sciurus; (12) Lepus; 

 (13) Bradypua; (14) 3Iyrmecophaga ; (15) Equus; (16) (7ame- 

 Zii8; (17) Gervus; (18) Moschus; (19) S«s; (20) Rhinoceros; 

 (21) Hippopotamus; (22) Phoca; (23) Trichechus (^= Maiiatus 

 of later authors);''* (24) BelpJmius; (25) Fkyseier; and (26) 

 Ralaena: (6) from Erxleben, the genus (1) Hydrochoerus: (c) 

 from Leske, Lemur (= Graleopithecus, Pallas, and later writers) :"^ 

 from Brisson (who was not a binomial writer) the genera (1) Pro- 

 simia; and (2) Giraffa; and ((^) from Steller, Manatus in a mod- 

 ified form.''* 



The punctuation, capitalization, and orthogi'aphy of the origi- 

 nal are retained in the excerpts here given. The letters in italics 

 (c, etc.) before the notes are also repeated from the original foot- 

 notes. The words included in bi'ackets [ ] in the tables are in- 

 serted by the present writer in explanation of the text. 



^ r) Obscunira auimal Dngong [Trichcchusl dictum, oppido a prace- 

 dente genere [_Rosmarus'] di.stiiictuin & nomine distinguendum visum tuit. 

 p. 41. 



5^ y) Lemurum nomen, in agilissima adhuc memorata animalcula nullo 

 modo quadrans, aptius servari animali visum fuit, Lemuris '•olantia nom- 

 ine auctoribus plerisque venienti, peculiaris autem sibi vindlcanti generis 

 locum, cuius characterem paucis at nervosa reddidit Cel. Lfiske (^Anfangs- 

 grilnde der Naturgeschichte. I. Th. p. 121. Leipz. 1779. 8). p. 34. 



35 s) Stellero memoratum auimal Manati quidem nomine siguatum 

 (Nov. Comm. ac. so. Petropol. T. II. pag. 302), ex descriptione potiu3 ad 

 pinuatorum relegaverim phalangero. p. 41, 



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