796 i ZOOLOGY. 
second edition of the Réegne Animal, published 
in 1829 (5 vols., 8vo.) Of the four great divi- 
sions into which the animal kingdom is divided— 
Vertebrated, Molluscous, Articulated, and Radiated 
animals—and of their general subdivisions, an 
account is given in the article Anrmau.—Four 
classes are comprised in the Vertebrata,—Mam- 
malia or suck-giving animals, Aves or birds, Rep- 
tilia or reptiles, and Pisces or fishes. See the 
articles ORNITHOLOGY, Reprines, and Fisues, The 
class Mammalia, is subdivided into eight orders, 
as follows :— 
Orper I. 
BIMANA. 
Having hands at the anterior extremities alone. One 
species—man. 
Orper II. 
QUADRUMANA. 
Having hands at the four extremities. 
Simita (Monkey). 
Ouistiti. 
Makis, or Lemurs. 
OrpeEr ITI. 
CARNASSIERS. 
Famizy |. 
CHEIROPTERA. 
Vespertilio (Bat). 
Galeopithecus. 
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FAMILY 2. 
INSECTIVORA. 
Erinaceus (Hedgehog). 
Tendrac (Centenes, Illig.), 
Cladobates (‘Tupaia). 
Sorex (Shrew). 
Mygale (Desman). 
Chrysochloris. 
Talpa (Mole). 
Condylura. 
Scalops (Shrew- Mole). 
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FaMILy 3. 
CARNIVORA. 
TRIBE |. 
PLANTIGRADE, 
Ursus (Bear). 
TRIBE 2. 
DIGITIGRADE. 
Mustela (Marten). 
Canis (Dog). 
Viverra (Civet). 
Hyena. 
Felis (Cat). 
TRIBE 3. 
AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS. 
Phoca (Seal). 
Trichecus (Morse). 
‘ OrpvER IV. 
. MARSUPIAL ANIMALS. 
Didelphis (Opossum). 
Dasyurus. 
Phalangista. 
Potorous (Hypsiprymnus, Illig.). 
Macropus (Kangaroo), 
Koala (Lipurus, Goldf.) Phascolarctos, 
Phascolomys (Wombat). 
ORDER V. . 
GLIRES (RODENTIA). 
Sciurus (Squirrel). 
Mus (Rat). 
Helamys (Pedetes, Illig.). 
Spalax. 
Orycterus. 
Geomys (Pseudostoma, Say). 
Diplostoma. 
Castor (Beaver). 
Couia (Myopotamus, Comm.). 
Hystrix (Porcupine). 
Lepus (Hare). 
Cavia (Guinea Pig). 
Orper VI. 
EDENTATA. 
TRiBeE 1. 
TARDIGRADE. 
Bradypus (Sloth). 
Megatherium (fossil). 
, TRIBE 2. 
COMMON EDENTATA. 
Dasypus (Tatou). 
Orycteropus. 
Myrmecophaga ( Anteater). 
Manis (Pangolin). 
TRIBE 3. 
MONOTREMA. 
Echidna (Spinous Anteater). 
Ornithorhynchus (Platypus, Shaw). 
Orper VIL. 
PACHYDERMATA. 
Famtty 1. 
PROBOSCIDIANA. 
Elephas. 
Mastodon (fossil). 
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Famity 2, 
COMMON PACHYDERMATA., 
Hippopotamus. 
Sus (Hog). 
Phacocherus. 
Dicotyles (Peceary). 
Anoplotherium (fossil). 
Rhinoceros. 
Hyraz. 
Paleotherium (fossil). 
Lophiodon (fossil). 
Tapir. 
FAMILY 3. 
SOLIPED. 
Equus (Horse). 
OrpER VIII. 
RUMINANTIA. 
(Without horns. ) 
Camelus. 
Moschus. 
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