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are, therefore, said to be different species , and a second name 
is added to the scientific designation of their genus ; thus the 
Lion is Felis leo , the Tiger is Felis tigris, and the Leopard is 
Felis pardus. 
Of late years a practice of employing a third, or sub¬ 
specific name, to designate grades of unlikeness more minute 
than those of specific value, has come into use. These names 
are written in Latinized form, because Latin is a language in 
use by men of science of all nations, and uniformity of prac¬ 
tice is thereby reached. 
In the following scheme it is not intended to enter upon 
the close details of classification, the object being merely to 
place broadly before the visitor an idea of the relationship, 
within the limits of class and order, of the animals which he 
sees in the Garden:— 
Class I. Mammalia :— 
1. Primates. —Man, apes, monkeys, marmosets. 
2. Lemures. —Lemurs, galagos, loris (“ half apes.”) 
3. Carnivora. —Cats, civets, paradoxures, ichneumons, hyenas, 
dogs, wolves, foxes, weasel, badger, skunk, otter, raccoon, 
bears. 
4. Pinnipedia. —Seals, “sea lions,” walrus. 
5. Insectivora. —Moles, shrews, hedgehog, galeopithecus. 
6. Chiroptera. —Bats, ‘‘flying foxes.” 
7. Rodentia. —Squirrels, spermophiles, marmots, “prairie dog,” 
beaver, rats, mice, voles, capromys, porcupines, cavy, agou¬ 
tis, hares, rabbit. 
8. Hyraces. —Hyrax, “ coney.” 
9. Proboscidea. —Elephant. 
10. Ungulata. —Rhinoceros, tapir, horse, ass, oxen, antelopes, 
sheep, goats, giraffe, deer, camel, llamas, hippopotamus, 
swine. 
11. Cetacea. —Whales, porpoises, dolphin, &c. 
12. Sirenia. —Manatee, “sea cow,” dugong. 
