Introduction to the catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum.

  • John Duncan
Date:
[1826]
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    ^ x r^l x/x~ xxx^^xxi v xxii tv axi* xx rx>cj IN DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF THE CLASS MAMMALIA. BLUMENBACH. CUVIER. ILIGER. LINNuiEUS. 1. Bimana. Bimana. 1. Blumenbach. Erecta { !• Blumenbach and Cu- ( vier. f 1. 2. 3. Blumenbach. Primates. •< 1. 2. Cuvier. (.1.2.11. Iliger. 2. Quadrumana. Quadrumana. 2. Blumenbach. Pollicata. { B!umenbach and Cu- ( vier. ( 7.andpart of‘4.Blumenb. Bruta. -] 7. Cuvier. ( 8. Iliger. 3. Cheiroptera1. Sarcophaga b. 3 and 4. Blumenbach. Salientia. { Part °f 4. Blumenbach, ( and 3. Cuvier. | 4. Blumenbach. Ferae. ■< 3. Cuvier. (12. Iliger. 4. Digitata c. Rodentia. Part of 4. Blumenbach. Prensiculan- f 4. Blumenbach, and part tia. ( of 3 and 4. Cuvier. f 4. Blumenbach. Glires. -< 4. Cuvier. ( 3, and 4, and 9. Iliger. 5. Solidungula. Pachydermata. 5 and 7- Blumenbach. Multungula. \ \ Blumenbach, and b (5. Cuvier. f 6. Blumenbach. Pecora. -< 6. Cuvier, and (7. Iliger. 6. Bisulca. Ruminantia. 6. Blumenbach. c v j , (5. Blumenbach, and Sohdungula.|5 Cuyier f 5. Blumenbach. Bell Lite. -< Part of 5. Cuvier. (5. Iliger. 7. Multungula. Edentata. Part of 4. Blumenbach. D- a f 6. Blumenbach, and Bisulca. |6 Cuvier. f 8 and 9. Blumenbach. Cete. -< 8. Cuvier. ( 13 and 14. Iliger. 8. Palmata. Cetacea. 8 and 9. Blumenbach. rp , ( 4. Blumenbach, and 1 ardigrada. j ^ Cuvier. 9. Cetacea. (4. Blumenbach, and Effodientia. j 7_ Cuvier. 10. ( 4. Blumenbach, and Reptantia. { 7. Cuvier. 11. Tr (3. Blumenbach, and Vohtantia. j 3 Cuvier. 12. (4. Blumenbach, and Falculata. j g Cuvier. 13. _. . v (8. Blumenbach, and Pinnipedia, j g Cuvier. 14. (9. Blumenbach, and Natantia. ( g. Cuvier. k t? • vi-/ 1 f'hpiroutera. 2. Insectivora. 3. Carnivora. 4. Didelphys. * For “ Cheiroptera” adopt “ Alimana” for uniformity of derivation. ^ nails “ Falculata ” the name used by Iliger, would suit; but it fitsthe v For “ Digitata” adopt “ Uncidigitata,” because the Quadrumana have Digiti, but not ho^.e‘1 “ Rod ti d Edentata of Cuvier; and the Fera, Glires, and Bruta Ferae better than the Glires of Linnaeus. There are three families of Digitata, viz. the Sarcophaga, R > Ornithorynchus, were not known to Linnaeus, of Linnaeus. 10. Reptantia of Iliger, and the Groupe Monotrema of Cuvier, consisting of Echidna and Ormtnoryncnu , and therefore do not enter into his Arrangement.
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