Among the Placentals , are found the following sub-families: The Edentata , or toothless creatures, such as the sloths, ant-eaters, armadillos, etc.; the Sirena , or sea cows, manatees , dugongs, etc.; the Cetacea , or whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc., which resemble fishes but which are true mammals, bringing forth matured young which are nourished at the breast; the Ungluta , or hoofed animals, such as the horse, the cow, the rhinoceros, the hippopotamus, the pig, the camel, the deer, the sheep, etc.; the Hyracoidea , or family of the coney, rock, rabbit, etc.; the Proboscidea , or trunked animals, such as the elephants; the Carnivora , or flesh-eaters, including the seal, the bear, the dog, the wolf, the lion, the tiger, the leopard, etc. The wolf and similar animals belong to the sub-family of dogs; while the lion, tiger, and similar animals belong to the sub-family of cats; the Rodentia , or gnawers, including the rat, the hare, the beaver, the squirrel, the mouse, etc.; the Insectivora , or insect-feeders, such as the mole, the shrew, the hedgehog, etc.; the Cheiroptera , or wing-fingered animals, including the great families of bats, etc.; the Lemuroidea , or Lemur family, the individuals of which resemble a monkey in general appearance, but have in addition a long bushy tail and a sharp muzzle like a fox—they are like a small fox having hands and feet like a monkey; the Primates , or family of creatures like the monkey, baboon , man-apes, gibbons, gorillas, chimpanzees, orang-outang, and finally, the "connecting links" between the apish forms and Man.

The third genus is that of the five-dividing paw, of which the dog is the largest, and the civet-cat the least.

And the representation of the earth contains men, cattle, reptiles, wild beasts; and of the inhabitants of the water, fishes and whales; and again, of...