THE RABBIT. 



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Make a table of resemblances between the fish, 

 frog, pigeon, turtle, and rabbit, as follows : — 



Fish 



Frog 



Pigeon 



Turtle 



Rabbit 



red blood 



internal, bony, jointed skeleton 



brain and spinal cord enclosed in separate bony cavity 



two movable simple eyes 



two pairs of paired appendages 



jaws move vertically 



An animal which haa the characteristics enumer- 

 ated in this table is called a vertebrate. 



Make a definition of a vertebrate. What is the 

 predicate noun you must use ? 



From your table of differences between the ver- 

 tebrates you have studied, make a logical definition of 

 a mammal. What is the predicate noun you must 

 use? 



When you say "A mammal is a vertebrate," what 

 do you mean? 



What is included in the term vertebrate? 



Make a table of differences between a grasshopper 

 and a rabbit, as follows : — 



Skeleton . . . . 



Jaws 



Eyes 



Body 



Blood 



Breathing. . . 

 Appendages . 

 Antenna . . . 



Nervous system 



Position of nerves ... 



Reproduction 



Body divisions 



Grasshopper. 



( double nerve cord | 

 ] and ganglia . . . . ) 

 i in same cavity as 

 ( other organs . . . 



Eabtit. 



brain and spinal cord. 



enclosed in a separate 

 bony cavity 



