CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS. 
AvERTEBRAL animals are divided into, 
5. Insects. The science of which is called entomology. It in- 
cludes all animals with jointed bodies, which have jointed limbs: 
as flies, spiders, lobsters. 
6. Verifies. The science of which is caller* nerminthology. It in- 
cludes all soft animals of the avertebral division, wnich have no 
jointed limbs, with or without hard coverings; as angle-worms, 
snails, oysters, polypi, and infusory animals." 
The system of Zoology most approved, is the one taught by Lin- 
naeus, with some improvements made by the great French nal;ira]- 
ist, Cuvier; according to this mode of classification, the animal 
kingdom is divided into four grand divisions, viz. : — 
Vertebral, Molluscous, Articulated, and Radlvted. These are 
subdivided into classes and orders. 
Vertebral Animals. 
Class I. Mammalia^ or such as are at first nourished by milk. 
This class have lungs, and peculiar organs for imbibing their food 
during their first stage of existence. 
The First Order is called Bi-mam\ (from bis, two, mani, hands ;) 
this order includes ma?! only; we find here no generic or specific 
differences, but the following varieties. 
1st. Caucasian race, anciently inhabiting the country about the 
Caspian and Black seas, from whom we are descended, 
2d. The Mongolian, the ancient inhabitants about the Pacific 
Ocean, from whom the Chinese are descended. 
3d. The Ethiopian, or negro race. 
The Second Order contains the Quadru-mani, (from quatuor, four, 
and mani, hands.) These have thumbs or toes, separate on each of 
the four feet. We here find the ourang-outang, (sometimes caller] 
the wild-man,} and the monkey. 
The Third Order contains Carnivorous animals, or Jlesh-feede.rs 
having no separate thumbs, or great toes without nails ; as the dog 
and cat. 
The Fourth Order contains the Gnawers, having no canine teeth, 
(those which are called eye-teeth,) feeding almost wholly oi-> vegeta- 
ble substances ; as the rat and squirrel. 
The Fifth Order is Edentata, or animals wanting teeth ; as the 
sloth and armadillo. 
The Si.vth Order, Pachyderm a, contains thick-skinn*='d Rnirr.als 
with hoofs ; as the elephant, horse, and hog. 
The Seventh Order contains the Ruminathig animals, such as 
chew the cud, having front teeth (incisors) below only, and feet with 
hoofs cloven, or divided ; as the ox, sheep, and camel. 
The Eighth Order, Cete, contains Aquatic animals, (such as live 
m water,) having no kind of feet, or whose feet are fin-like limbs 
as the M^hale and dolphin. 
We have enumerated all the orders of the class Mammalia, as il 
is the one in which man is placed ; we shall now notice the re- 
maining classes of animals, without going into so minute a detail ol 
their orders. 
""^ ASS II, contains Birds, {Aves,) which are distinguished by hav- 
tgthe body covered with feathers and down, long naked jaws, two 
wings formed for flight, and bi-ped, (from his, two, ixnd jyedes, feet.) 
How are Avertebral animals divided ?—Cuvier's four grand divisions— ls> class of 
Vertebral animals — Order bi-mani — Varieties in this order— Order qiiadn.-niani— 
Third order— Fourth order— Fifth order— Sixth order— 55 even th order— Eij4hlh order— 
Class v>,d. 
