BOOK OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
[SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS]
[TABULAR VIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE ANIMAL TYPES]
[ANIMALS IN CLASSIFIED GROUPS:]
I. [Wild Animals]:
- 1(1) [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].
- 1(2) [The Birds]: (a) [Birds of Prey]; (b) [Climbing Birds]; (c) [Singing Birds]; (d) [Wading Birds]; (e) [Swimming Birds]; (f) [Running Birds]; (g) [Game Birds].
- 1(3) [The Reptiles]: [Lizards]; [Chameleons]; [Snakes]; [Crocodiles]; [Tortoises]; [Turtles].
- 1(4) [Amphibians]: [Frogs]; [Toads]; [Salamanders].
- 1(5) [The Fishes]: (a) [Bony Fishes]; (b) [Cartilaginous Fishes]; (c) [Armored Fishes]; (d) [Lungfishes].
- 1(6) [The Molluscs]: [Snails]; [Cuttlefish]; [Squids]; [Octopus]; [Tusk Shells]; [Bivalves]; [Oysters].
- 1(7) [Jointed-Limbed Animals]: [Crabs]; [Lobsters]; [Scorpions]; [Spiders]; [Insects]; [Grasshoppers].
- 1(8) [Butterflies and Moths]: [Straight-Winged Insects]; [Ants and Bees]; [Flies].
- 1(9) [Starfishes and Sea-urchins].
- (10) [Simplest Forms of Life].
- 1(1) [Domesticated Mammals]: [Alpaca]; [Ass]; [Camel]; [Cat]; [Cattle]; [Dog]; [Elephant]; [Gayal]; [Goat]; [Guinea Pig]; [Horse]; [Llama]; [Rabbit]; [Reindeer]; [Sheep]; [Swine]; [Yak]; [Zebu].
- 1(2) [Domesticated Birds]: [Canary]; [Chickens or Fowls]; [Guinea]; [Goose]; [Ostrich]; [Parrot]; [Peacock]; [Pigeon]; [Swan]; [Turkey].
- 1(3) [Domesticated Insects]: [Bee]; Cochineal; [Silkworm Moth].
[PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS CONCERNING ANIMALS]
[WORLD MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMAL LIFE]
MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMAL LIFE
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THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
[SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS]. [MAMMALS]: [The Monkey Tribe]; [Animals of Prey]; [Hoofed Animals]; [Gnawing Animals]; [Thick-skinned Animals]; [Toothless Animals]; [Pouched Animals]; [Flying Mammals]; [The Seal Family]; [Whales]. [BIRDS]: [Song Birds]; [Birds of Prey]; [Game Birds]; [Running Birds]; [Wading Birds]; [Swimming Birds]. [CROCODILES AND OTHER REPTILES]. [FROGS AND OTHER AMPHIBIA]. [FISHES]. [LOBSTERS AND CRABS]. [INSECTS]: [Beetles], [Butterflies and Moths]; [Ants; Bees and Wasps]; [Spiders]; [Grasshoppers] and [Locusts]; [Flies] and [Mosquitoes]. [SIMPLE MARINE ANIMALS]: [Starfish]; [Jellyfish]; [Corals]; [Sponges]; [Protozoa]. [DOMESTICATED ANIMALS]: [Domesticated Mammals]; [Domesticated Birds]; [Domesticated Fish] and [Insects]. [DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS].
Of all the sciences, Zoology is the most extensive. It is estimated that over two million species of living creatures exist in the world. Between the elephant and the whale, the giants of animal creation, and the mite that is just discernible with the human eye, there are myriads of creatures differing in size, form and habit.
WHY AND HOW ANIMALS
ARE CLASSIFIED
It is highly desirable, therefore, to have before us a bird’s-eye view of the Animal Kingdom even if it is only occasionally brought into actual use by the average reader. Classification, it should be understood, is only a process of comparison for the purpose of enabling us to determine the exact place of each animal in the plan of Nature. In other words it is simply a scientific method of naming the various animals from the relation of their resemblances.
We are chiefly indebted to the great Swedish scientist Linnæus for the scientific method of naming animals. For his purpose, Linnæus used the Latin as the universal language of science. For example, he named the dog in his classification Canis familiaris, using a generic word and a specific word—just as they are used in the name of George Washington. In scientific classification, however, these names have become abstract terms, and they represent certain grades or degrees of resemblance which are spoken of as species, genera, families, orders, classes, and so on.
SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
OF THE DOG
In this way we determine the exact place of each animal. The dog belongs to the kingdom Animalia, sub-kingdom Metazoa, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Canidæ, genus Canis, species Familiaris, variety Hound (possibly) and its individual name, perhaps, is “Rover.”
The important thing is that the reader should have a picture of the actual animal representing each class in his mind’s eye. He should master the distinctions between the great groups, or classes, before proceeding to a more minute classification.