Book of the Animal Kingdom
SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS—TABULAR VIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE ANIMAL TYPES—ANIMALS IN CLASSIFIED GROUPS:
I. Wild Animals :
THE MAMMALS: (a) The Monkey Tribe; (b) Animals of Prey; (c) Gnawing Animals; (d) Hoofed Animals; (e) Toothless Animals; (f) Thick-Skinned Animals; (g) Pouched Animals; (h) Flying Animals; (i) The Seals; (j) The Whales.
THE BIRDS: (a) Birds of Prey; (b) Climbing Birds; (c) Singing Birds; (d) Wading Birds; (e) Swimming Birds; (f) Running Birds; (g) Game Birds.
THE REPTILES: Lizards—Chameleons—Snakes—Crocodiles—Tortoises— Turtles.
AMPHIBIANS: Frogs—Toads—Salamanders.
THE FISHES: (a) Bony Fishes; (b) Cartilaginous Fishes; (c) Armored Fishes; (d) Lungfishes.
THE MOLLUSCS: Snails—Cuttlefish—Squids—Octopus—Tusk Shells—Bivalves—Oysters.
JOINTED-LIMBED ANIMALS: Crabs—Lobsters—Scorpions—Spiders—Insects—Grasshoppers.
BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS: Straight-Winged Insects—Ants and Bees—Flies.
STARFISHES AND SEA-URCHINS.
SIMPLEST FORMS OF LIFE.
II. Domesticated Animals :
DOMESTICATED MAMMALS: Alpaca—Ass—Camel—Cat—Cattle—Dog—Elephant—Gayal—Goat—Guinea Pig—Horse—Llama—Rabbit—Reindeer—Sheep—Swine—Yak—Zebu.
DOMESTICATED BIRDS: Canary—Chickens or Fowls—Guinea—Goose—Ostrich—Parrot—Peacock—Pigeon—Swan—Turkey.
DOMESTICATED INSECTS: Bee—Cochineal—Silkworm Moth.
III. Pronouncing Dictionary of Scientific Terms concerning Animals .
⁂Books of Reference about Animals.—Rolleston: Forms of Animal Life. Huxley: Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals and Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals. Lankester: Treatise on Zoölogy. Parker and Haswell: Text-Book of Zoölogy. Kingsley: The Standard Natural History and Elements of Comparative Zoölogy. Newton: A Dictionary of Birds. Headley: The Structure and Life of Birds. Wilson: American Ornithology. Audubon: Ornithological Biography. Coues: Key to North American Birds. Chapman: Handbook of Birds of East North America. Bendire: Life Histories of North American Birds. Comstock: Insect Life. Packard: Text-Book of Entomology and Guide to Study of Insects. Howard: The Insect Book. Beddard: Text-Book of Zoögeography. A. Heilprin: The Geographical and Geological Distribution of Animals.