This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1800 Excerpt: ... if willing to deviate from this characteristic uniformity, very often astonishes us by uncommon productions. The quadruped animals, which we regard as the sirst class of living natures and who are, next to man, the most remarkable beings of this world, are not superior in every thing, nor separated by constant ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1800 Excerpt: ... if willing to deviate from this characteristic uniformity, very often astonishes us by uncommon productions. The quadruped animals, which we regard as the sirst class of living natures and who are, next to man, the most remarkable beings of this world, are not superior in every thing, nor separated by constant attributes: the sirst of these characters, which constitutes. their name, and which consists in having four feet, is common to lizards, frogs, &c. which, .however, differ from the quadrupeds in many other respects, and form a distinct class. The second general property, to produce-young alive, is not peculiar to quadrupeds, since it is common with whales and other sishes sishes of that class. And the third attribute, that of being covered with hair, exists not in several species, which cannot be excluded from the class of quadrupeds, since, this characteristic excepted, they agree with them in every other respect.. Under the general name of armadillo, we may reckon several species which seem to us really distinct; in all of which the animal is protected by a crust that resembles bone. This crust externally covers the head, the neck, the back, the flanks, the buttocks, and the tail to the very extremity. It is covered by a thin skin, sleek and transparent: the throat, the bre.ast, and the belly, which present a white grainy skin, like that of a plucked fowl. Besides, by viewing these parts with attention, you will perceive the appearance of scales which are of the fame substance as the crust. This crust however is not of one piece, like that of the turtle; it consists of several joined to each other by as many membranes, which put this armour in motion. The number of these natural bands does not depend on the age of the animal; for the young armadi..
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