"560 Classification of Animals. 



Cetacese, - Natatores, 



Glires, - - Grallatores, 



Ungulata, - Rasores. 



A position, it will be observed, in regard to the Glires and Ungu- 

 lata, different from that assigned to them by Mr M'Leay, but which 

 we consider as more in consonance with the true analogies of the 

 groups, and supported by a more extended analytical investigation 

 of their contents. According to our author, the quadrumanous order 

 is composed of the following families or primary divisions ; 1st, The 

 Simiadx, or Apes and Monkeys of the Ancient World : 2d, The Cebidce 

 or those of the New World, constituting the typical and subtypical 

 groups; 3d, The Lemuridce, or Lemurs; and 4th, the Vesperlilionida; 

 or Bats, properly, we think, transferred to this order, (the station 

 first assigned them by Linnaeus), from that of the Ferae, in which 

 they were placed by Cuvier. These form two of the aberrant divi- 

 sions ; the third, which ought to represent the aquatic type, is want- 

 ing, or has not yet been discovered. He then enters into an inte- 

 resting detail and analysis of the first group, Simiadae, showing 

 that the circle is perfect and complete, even following the arrange- 

 ment of the family according to the analysis of MM. Cuvier and 

 Geoffroy St Hilaire, from whence he deduces the important infe- 

 rence, that Man, considered merely as a reasoning biped animal, 

 cannot enter into the circle of this, the typical family of the Qua- 

 drumana, much less into that of any other division of the order. 

 The Cebidw, or monkeys of the New World, which constitute the 

 subtypical group, are distinguished by their inferior size, and the uni- 

 versal appendage of a tail, which member in the typical groups is 

 long and prehensile. The wide space or septum between the nostrils 

 is also a strong mark of discrimination, and they are besides desti- 

 tute of cheek-pouches and callosities. The five typical forms of 

 this family are represented by the genera Mycetes, Cebus, Calli- 

 thrix, Hapales, and Pilhecia, and the passage from the Cebidas to 

 the next family or Lemuridce, is effected by the intervention of the 

 Actus trivirgatits, Humb. an animal possessing characters almost 

 intermediate between them. The genus Lemur, distinguished by 

 the long and ornamented tails, and the frugivorous habits of its 

 members, he considers the typical group, assigning the subtypical 

 station to the genus Otoliclnus, 111. the members of which, in their 

 general habits, are carnivorous. The aberrant groups are supposed 

 to be represented by the genera Aotus, 111. Cheirogaleus, Geoff., and 

 Galeopilhecus, Pall., which last, from its flying membranes, or the 



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