Agricultural Zoology

About this eBook

Author

Ritzema Bos, J. (Jan), 1850-1928

Title

Agricultural zoology

Original Publication

London: Chapman & Hall, 1894.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Peter Becker, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Zoology, Economic

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77045

Release Date

October 13, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AGRICULTURAL ZOOLOGY
2. 2.AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
3. 3.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS. — INTRODUCTION. — I. Subdivision of the Animal Kingdom. — II. Review of the Structure and Vital Phenomena of Animals.
7. 7.First Sub-Kingdom: VERTEBRATA ( Backboned Animals ). — CLASS I.: MAMMALIA (SUCKLERS). — Order : Carnivora ( Beasts of Prey ). — Order : Insectivora ( Insect-eating Mammals ). — Order : Cheiroptera ( Bats ). — Order : Rodentia ( Gnawing Mammals ). — Order : Ruminantia ( Cud-chewing Mammals ). — Order : Multungula or Pachydermata ( Many - hoofed or Thick - skinned Mammals ). — Order : Solidungula ( Single - hoofed Mammals ), — CLASS II.: AVES (BIRDS). — Order : Raptores ( Birds of Prey ). — Order : Scansores ( Climbers ). — Order : Passeres ( Perching Birds ). — Order : Gyrantes ( Doves ). — Order : Rasores ( Poultry ). — Order : Grallatores ( Wading-Birds ). — Order : Natatores ( Swimming-Birds ). — CLASS III.: REPTILIA (REPTILES). — CLASS IV.: AMPHIBIA (AMPHIBIANS). — CLASS V.: PISCES (FISHES).
8. 8.Second Sub-Kingdom: ARTHROPODA ( Jointed-limbed Animals ). — CLASS I.: INSECTA (INSECTS). — Order I .: Coleoptera ( Beetles ). — Second Order : Orthoptera ( Straight-winged Insects ). — Third Order : Neuroptera ( Net - winged Insects ). — Fourth Order : Hymenoptera ( Membranous-winged Insects ). — Order 5: Lepidoptera ( Butterflies and Moths ). — Sixth Order : Hemiptera ( Half - winged Insects ). — Seventh Order : Physopoda ( Bladder - footed Insects ). — Eighth Order : Diptera ( Flies ). — Ninth Order : Aphaniptera ( Fleas ). — Tenth Order : Parasita ( Lice ). — CLASS II.: MYRIOPODA (CENTIPEDES AND MILLIPEDES). — CLASS III.: ARACHNOIDEA (SCORPIONS, SPIDERS, MITES). — Order : Acaridea ( Mites ). — CLASS IV.: CRUSTACEA (CRUSTACEANS).
9. 9.Third Sub-Kingdom: VERMES ( Worms ). — CLASS: ANNELIDA (SEGMENTED WORMS). — The Earthworms ( Lumbricus ). — CLASS: NEMATELMINTHES (ROUND WORMS). — Order : Nematoda ( Thread Worms ). — CLASS: PLATYHELMIA (FLAT WORMS). — Order : Cestoda ( Tapeworms ). — Order : Trematoda ( Flukes ).
10. 10.Fourth Sub-Kingdom: MOLLUSCA ( Molluscs ). — CLASS: CEPHALOPODA (CUTTLEFISHES). — CLASS: GASTROPODA (SNAILS AND SLUGS). — The Grey Field Slug ( Limax agrestis ). — CLASS: LAMELLIBRANCHIATA (BIVALVE MOLLUSCS).
11. 11.Fifth Sub-Kingdom : ECHINODERMATA ( Hedgehog-Skinned Animals ).
12. 12.Sixth Sub-Kingdom : CŒLENTERATA ( Zoophytes ).
13. 13.Seventh Sub-Kingdom: PROTOZOA ( One-celled Animals ).

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