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based on the principle of Cephalization—Herbivores. 159 
CLASSIFICATION OF HERBIVORES. 
Under the order of Megasthenes,* the tribe of Quadrumanes, 
as stated on p. 834, Art. I, is properly hypertypic, that of Carni- 
vores superior typical, that of Herbivores inferior typical, and that 
of Mutilates (or Cetaceans) hypotypie. 
1. Distinctions between Herbivores and the tribes neat superior and 
inferior. 
A. Herbivores show their inferiority to Carnivores, or the 
superior typical group of megasthenic Mammals, on the basis 
of the principle of cephalization, in the following ways: 
(1.) In the fore-limbs being defunctionated of the power of 
prehension and reduced to simple locomotive organs. 
(2.) In the fore-limbs being not as much superior to the hind- 
limbs in strength as in the Carnivores, and even inferior to the 
hind-limbs in some species,—Herbivores, being less strongly 
prosthenic than Carnivores, and the species of the larger and most 
characteristic group being metasthenic. ; 
In the structure being strongly amplificate—Taking the 
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exhibits inferiority likewise in its great bulk; it is a marked 
* In order that the position of Herbivores, as reeognized by the writer, may be 
(vol. xxxv, p. 65), senting the tribes of t 
in parallel dete order to exbibit their parallel relations 
Order I. Mav. 
Order IT. ENES. Order IIT, Micnostnenes. 
1. it aii 1. Chiropters or Bats. 
2. Carnivores 9. Insectivores. 
8. Herbi “ 
4. Ht Mia 4, Edentates. 
Order IV. OGrocorps. 
Marsupials and Monotremes. 
