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Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom

Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

First Grand Division, VERTEBRATA, or back boned animals, having a bony skeleton, and including four classes.

Class

I. Mammalia, or sucking animals; as, man; bats, monkeys, bears, oxen, sheep, deer, and many other four-footed beasts; as well as seals, walruses, whales, &c.

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II. Aves, birds of all kinds.

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III. Reptilia, or reptiles; as, lizards, frogs, serpents, toads, &c.

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IV. Pisces, fishes generally.

Second Grand Division, INVERTEBRATA, or animals without a bony spine, or a bony skeleton, and including three classes.