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Conclusion
Class Reptilia
: ( Parisarpa ).62 Lizards (grhagolikā),
snake (abi ), turtles (kūrma), crocodiles (makara ), etc.
The body is covered with scales derived from the epidermis of the skin. The animals breathe by means of lungs and have a three-chambered heart.
Class Aves63
Class Mammalia64
The birds (Paksin ) : Warm blooded animals whose skin is covered with feathers ( loma or paksa ). Warm - blooded animals whose skin is covered with hair. The females have mammary glands, which secrete milk for the nourishment of the young, e. 2. cow (go), buffalo (mahişa ), goat ( aja ), sheep (avika ), horse (asva ), ass (Khara ), camel (ustra ), deer (mrga), etc. up to man (manusya)
Sub Class Eutheria
The placental mammals (Jarāyuja ). The young develop within the uterus of the mother, obtaining nourishment via the placenta, e. g. Man, cow, buffalo, goat, sheep. etc.65 Potajas also, e. g. elephant.
Order Insectivora
Primitive Insect - eating mammals ; moles and shrews, e. g. Śvavita and Lāpeka66 (Hedgehogs and other creatures that lap up) Insectivora.67
Order Chiroptera
:
Bats (Valguli ).68
62. Uttaradhyayana Sutra 36. 131 ; Pannavana Sutta 1. 76. TS. 11. 34. 63. Pannavaná 1. 86 ; Uttaradhyayana 36. 187. Tattvarthädhigama Sutra II. 34, 64. TS., II. 34. 65. Ibid. 66. Ibid. 67. Ibid 68 Ibid.
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