Introduction to the catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum.

  • John Duncan
Date:
[1826]
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Credit: Introduction to the catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    separates the dissimilars in habit more conspicuously than that of Linnaeus ; and is for these reasons bet- ter suited to a Museum. It is for the same reasons preferred to that of Cuvier, which however points to many important distinctions developed by the sagacity and industry of that great anatomist. CUVIER'S ARRANGEMENT. Divisions. Animals. Classes. f Warm blood, heart j ™Par0US’ with mam‘ U Mammalia. Withver-J w*t*1 2 ventr'c^es‘ Oviparous, no mammae, j 2. Aves. tebnE- 1 Cold blood, heart 1^.°^ witb bran' \3- Reptilia. (_ with 1 ventricle. Brahchiae, without lungs. J 4. Pisces. Without vertebrae. Blood vessels and nerves. No blood vessels. No nerves. A simple spinal marrow, 1 j No articulated members. J A knotted spinal marrow. \ I No articulated members. J >' Knotted spinal marrow with articulated mem- > bers. Ditto. 1 No spinal marrow. No 1 J articulated members. J 5. Mollusca. 6. Vermes. 7. Crustacea. 8. Insecta. 9. Zoophyta. ORDERS—OF MAMMALIA. Teeth. Other characters. Bimana. f 3 sorts, incisors, ca- | a. J nine,and grinders; ?■ | lower incisors erect. J 1. Quadra- J Ditto lower incisors l mana. S projecting. 3.Sarcopha- j ga or Car-“^ nivora. I No horizontal move-] ment to the lower 1 jaw. Grinders with j conical points. Ca- V, nine teeth long, but 1 not very different j from the former or- 1 • ders. J 4. Rodentia. No canine teeth. 5. Edentata. No incisors. j- Form erect. Great toes longer than others—moveable but in one direc- tion. Chin projecting. Three lobes to the brain. Nails flat. Thumbs to hind-feet—shorter than the fingers or toes—moveable in an op- posite direction. Nails flat, but elongated. No separate toe or thumb on the fore- feet, and the claw behind never op- posable by others. Nails sharp and hooked. Only two lobes to the brain. Articulation of lower jaw longitudi- nal, to move only backwards and forwards. Large elongated nails, less sharp and less hooked than claws of Carni- vora.
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