A short system of comparative anatomy / translated from the German of J. F. Blumenbach ... by William Lawrence ... with numerous additional notes and an introductory view on the classification of animals, by the translator.

  • Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Date:
1807
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Credit: A short system of comparative anatomy / translated from the German of J. F. Blumenbach ... by William Lawrence ... with numerous additional notes and an introductory view on the classification of animals, by the translator. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    IX. BiLLUii, animals of an unfhapcly form, and a tough and thick hide ; whence they have been called by Cu- y ]'EK, pachydermata (from ira-xyz thick, and h^ixa (km). They have more than two toes : incifors in both jawa ; and infome cafes enormous tufks. 1. Sus, pig kind, pecari, babirouffa. 2. Tapir, 3. ElephaSy 4. Rhinoceros, 5. Hippopotamus, 6. TriehecuSi morfe or walrus, manati or fea- cow. The lad genus of this order, together with the phoca (feals) conftitutes tbe Amphibia of CuviER. Thefe ani- mals have ftiort members adapted for fwimming. X. Cetacea, whales, living entirely in the fea ; and formed like fiflies ; breathe by an opening at the top of the head, called the blowing hole; through which they throw out the water, which enters their mouth with the food. Smooth fkin covering a thick layer of oily fat. No external ear. A complicated ftomach. Multi- lobular kidneys, larynx of a pyramidal fliape, opening towards the blowing-hole. Tcfles within the abdo- men. Mammae at the fides of the vulva. Bodes of the anterior extremity concealed and united by thfe/flcin, fo as to form a kind of fin. 1. Monodon, narwhal, fea-unicorn. 2. Balana, proper whales. 3. Phifeter, 4. Dclphinus, dolphin, porpoife. CuviER diRributes the clafs mammalia into three grand divifions: I. Thofe ^hich have claws or nailg {mamtni- Jeres a engles); including the following orders: * 3 bimar.-i,
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