IV 



DIV. I. — VERTEBRATA. 



VERTEBRATA. 



CLASS I.— MAMMALIA. 



This class is divided into nine orders. 



Class. 



Mammalia. 



9. 



Order. 



Bimana 



Quadruraana 



Carnassier 



Marsupiata 



Rodentia 



Edentata 



Ruminantia 



Pachydermata 



Cetacea 



Unujuiculata. 



> Ungulata. 



With respect to the term Carnassier, used by Cuvier for his third 

 order, some observations will be found in our second volume, at the 

 commencement of the supplementary matter on the order. 



ORDER L— Bimana. 



This order contains only one genus, and a single species, with its 

 varieties, as here under : 



Genus. 



Species. 



Homo Homo 



Varieties. 



/ 1. Caucasian 



\2. Mongolian 



<3. Ethiopian 



i4. Malayan? 



V 5. American? 



Only the first three varieties are considered by Cuvier as pos- 

 sessing sufficiently distinctive chai-acters to deserve separate descrip- 

 tion. " The Malays," he says, " pass by imperceptible shades into 

 their neighbours, the Caucasian Hindoos on one side, and the Mon- 

 golian Chinese on the other." The Americans also want that precise 

 and constant character necessary to constitute a peculiar race. For 

 these reasons we have marked the two last varieties with a query. 



In this order we have given even the varieties ; in the others we 

 can go no farther than the subgenera, with one specific example of 

 each : our space compels us to this arrangement. 



