LINNiEAN SYSTEM. QUADRUPEDS. 



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V. Pecora. Fore teeth, the upper none, the lower cut- 

 ting, many; feet hoofed, cloven : feed on herbs, which 

 they pluck, and chew the cud; stomachs four. 



VI. Bellul^. Fore teeth, obtuse ; feet, hoofed ; mo- 

 tion, heavy : feed on vegetables, which they pluck 

 like the last. 



VII. Cete. Fins instead of feet; tail horizontal, flat- 

 tened ; no claws or hair : feed upon marine animals ; 

 inhabit the ocean. 



(195.) The following table will explain how far these 

 divisions correspond with those of M. Ciivier, and the 

 arrangement pursued in this work : — 



LinncBan orders. Cuvier. 



r Bimana. 

 \ Quadnimana. 

 Pachydermata 

 Carnivorae. 

 Rodentia. 

 Ruminantia 

 Solipeda. 

 Cetacea. 



( 1 96. ) 1 1 has been well observed, that Linn seus, by some 

 unaccountable oversight, broke up into distinct orders 

 the group kept together by Aristotle, and better defined, 

 perhaps, by Willughby, by the name of Ungulata: he lost 

 sight, in fact, of the whole, in the contemplation of its 

 parts ; for his Bruta, Pecora, and Belluai are only de- 

 tached portions of the order Ungulata. This is proved, 

 not only from theory, but from minute analysis. With 

 this exception, the remaining orders of the Linnaean 

 arrangement are strictly natural groups, taken with 

 reference to their typical examples. But as the Primates, 

 Ferce, Cete, and Glires had all been indicated by the 

 philosopher of Stagyra, who had, moreover, the merit of 

 preserving the Ungulata entire, a retrograde, rather than 

 an advanced movement, had been made by the learned 

 Swede. M. Cuvier did not fail to perceive this ; and, 

 with great propriety, followed Aristotle rather than 



Primates. 



Bruta. 



Ferae. 



Ghres. 



Pecora. 



Belluse. 



Cete. 



} 

 } 



Cab. Cyclop. 



Quadrumana. 



Ungulata. 



Ferae. 



Glires. 



Ungulata. 



Cetacea. 



