. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. MAMMALIA. 239 Order IV. R UMINA NTIA. The Ruminantia, or the natural Order re- cognized by Aristotle under the name of Mnfvna.^nra, subsequently adopted by all Zoo- logists, have their external and internal cha- racters alike conspicuous and cogent. These, according to Pallas are, incisors wanting in the upper jaw; hoofs bifid; habit of the whole body; stomach quadruple; intestines very long with a coecum ; suet for fat; cotyledons in place of placenta. The genera included in this order are Camelus, ]\loschus, Cervus, JE
. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. MAMMALIA. 239 Order IV. R UMINA NTIA. The Ruminantia, or the natural Order re- cognized by Aristotle under the name of Mnfvna.^nra, subsequently adopted by all Zoo- logists, have their external and internal cha- racters alike conspicuous and cogent. These, according to Pallas are, incisors wanting in the upper jaw; hoofs bifid; habit of the whole body; stomach quadruple; intestines very long with a coecum ; suet for fat; cotyledons in place of placenta. The genera included in this order are Camelus, ]\loschus, Cervus, JEgoceros, Bos, Ant Hope. Order V. ANOMALOPODA. The genera grouped together by Pallas under this name differ, he observes, from each other in their dental apparatus and the structure of their feet, yet nevertheless are linked together by natural affinity (" sed tainen inter se naturali uffinitute coluerent"). Thus Hippopotamus is allied to Equus, the horse to Rhinoceros and its congener Hydroch&rus, and these to the genus Sus. The following characters are com- mon to the whole order: niolares truncate, tritu- rating; feet ungulate, supported on the digits; stomach a macerator, with enormous colon and caecum; clavicles wanting; produce perfect; food vegetable. The genera which Pallas exemplifies in this Order, which corresponds with the Pachyderma of Cuvier (the Proboscidians being excepted), are Equus, Sus, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus. Order VI. BELLVJE. In this Order,— characterized by incisors none; canines projecting from the upper jaw only, composed of ivory ; molars few, mamma pectoral (in which the Belluse mainly differ from the Anomalopoda); feet, with connate digits forming a shapeless sole;—Pallas in- cludes the genera Etephas and Rosmarus, re- jecting therefrom the Trichecus or Manatee, as having the hind-feet coalescing with the tail, and therefore more rightly to be referred to the Cetaceous Order. In this latter view Cuvier agrees with Pallas. As to t
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