( 1^66 ) 
the illuftratingthe Hiftory of this Am^dl, omitted in the 
Anatomy of the Female Opojfum^ printed in the Phjlofos 
Med Tranfamons No 239. for the Month of Afril 
1698. , , . , 
And in thefirft place, whereas pag, 107. I queried to 
what Svecks in the Prsedicament of Animals i\\h Creatuie 
might properly be reduced > Now having upon diffefti- 
on oWerved the ?cnis to be flefhy, and to have no Bone 
in it 5 I find it cannot be referred to the Dog or Wcafel 
kind, as fome have thought 5 and what P/> means by 
his Glires majores mntani, to which he refers it, I (hall 
not here enquire. 1 muft confefs we cannot be at a cer- 
tainty in this matter, unlefs we had a more perfeft Enu- 
meration and Defcription of the feveral forts of Animals 
that are in the World ^ and by a ftrift Enquiry into their 
inward well as outward Parts, obferved, how gradually 
they differ from one another , by eafie and gentle fteps, 
the intermediate v9/?efw linking the whole together. How- 
ever nW this can be attained^ every little help will con- 
tribute fomewhat. i.. r 1 . o x n ,. 
To give therefore my Thoughts on this fubjeft, I (hall 
here propofe a Divifion of fuch Terrejtrial Animals^ as 
have many divided Claws and Nails at the end of them 
into 
XHip-J^Av^luKA feu Mam digit at a J i. e, whofc 
Ammatia ) Feet referable Bands, and have Fin- 
I gers rather than Toes. 
Uoi'o-J'ctfclvhct feu Pede digitata^ i. e. whofe 
' digiti^ from the order of their ^ofition 
and Shortnefs, as alfo IMes, more re- 
femble Toes than Fingers. 
For tho our Language makes a fufficient diftinftion be- 
tween them, by calling one Fingers, the other T^^e/ 5 yet 
the Greek md Latin do not i for and Digits figm- 
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