SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Order 1.— BIMANA. 



Teeth of three sorts. The posterior extremities proper for 

 walking, the anterior furnished with hands. Nails all flat ; 

 teats two, pectoral ; body vertical ; stomach simple ; in- 

 testines furnished with a small caecum ; orbital and tem- 

 poral fossaB distinct. 



Eatshoth animal and vegetable matter. 



Inhabits almost the whole of the earth's surface. 



Genus I. Homo. 

 Cutting teeth, |. Canine, i-i. Cheek teeth |-|-=32. 



I. Species 1. Homo Sapiens, ^^ knowing himself." Li7i. 



Var. a. Caucasian variety. — Face oval ; facial angle 85°; 

 forehead high expanding; cheeks coloured red ; hair long 

 and thick. 



Inhabits Europe, (excepting Lapland and Finland), 

 Western and Northern part of Asia. 



b. Mongolian variety. — Face broad and flat, olivaceous ; 

 facial angle 75° ; eyes narrow and oblique ; hair hard, 

 strait, black ; beard thin. 



Inhabits Eastern Asia, Finland and Lapland in Europe, 

 and the Esquimaux part of North America. 



c. American variety. — Face broad, reddish copper-colour ; 

 cheek-bones very prominent ; forehead short ; nose flattish : 

 hair black ; beard weak. ^ 



Inhabits America (except the Esquimaux). 



d. Negro variety. — Face black, projecting forward be- 

 low ; facial angle 70° ; forehead narrow, slanting, arched ; 

 lips large ; nose thick ; hair crisp. 



Inhabits all the middle parts of Africa. 



e. Malay variety. — Face brownish, ratlioi- projecting for- 



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