Volume 1

Popular cyclopaedia of natural science. Zoology. Being a sketch of the classification, structure, distribution, and habits, of animals / by William B. Carpenter.

  • Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885.
Date:
1844-1845
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Popular cyclopaedia of natural science. Zoology. Being a sketch of the classification, structure, distribution, and habits, of animals / by William B. Carpenter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. PACK OBJECTS AND NATURE OF ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE ; PLEASURES AND ADVANTAGES OF THE STUDY ...... 1 CHAPTER I. ON ZOOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION ...... 25 CHAPTER II. GENERAL CHARACTERS OF VERTEBRATED ANIMALS . . . .83 CHAPTER HI. OF THE CLASS MAMMALIA . . . . . . . . 92 Sub-Class I.—Viviparous Mammalia. Order I.—Bimana ....... 137 Order H.—Quadrumana . . . . . . . 153 Order III.—Cheiroptera ...... 181 Order IV.—Insectivora ....... 194 Order V.‘—Carnivora ....... 202 Order VI.—Cetacea . . . , . . . 237 Order VH.—Rodentia ....... 246 Order VIH.—Edentata ....... 271 Order IX.—Ruminantia . . .... 283 Order X.—Pachydermata . . . . . . . 317