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INTRODUCTION. 
mates, bruta, ferae, glires, pecora, belluae* and 
cete. 
The primates are remarkable for a nearer ap~ 
proach to the human form than is exhibited in the 
other quadrupeds. The bats, however, which are 
by Linnaeus ranked in this order, differ greatly 
from the rest. The principal character .of the 
primates, consists in the teeth, which, except in 
the bats' strongly resemble the human. 
The bruta have no front, or cutting teeth, either 
in the upper or under jaw ; their feet are armed 
with strong claws ; their pace is, in general, some- 
what slow, and their food is principally vegetable. 
The ferae have generally six cutting teeth, of a 
somewhat conical shape, both in the upper and under 
jaw ; these are succeeded by strong and sharp fangs, 
or canine teeth ; and the grinders are formed into 
conical, or pointed processes : this tribe is preda- 
cious, living principally on the flesh of other 
animals : the feet are armed with sharp claws. 
The glires are furnished with two remarkable 
large, long, fore teeth, both above and below ; 
but have no canine, or sharp lateral teeth ; their 
feet are provided with claws, and their general 
pace is more or less salient, or leaping ; their food 
is vegetable; consisting of roots, barks, fruits, <&c. 
The pecora, among which are comprised what 
we commonly call cattle, have no front teeth in th« 
