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and birds flying in the atmosphere. 11. Then, into five classes , that is, the quadruped which is roundhoofed, the double-hoofed, the five-clawed, the bird, and the fish, whose dwellings are in five places, and which are called aquatic, burrowing, oviparous, widetravelling, and suitable for grazing. 12. The aquatic are fish and every beast of burden, cattle, wild beast, dog, and bird which enters the water ; the burrowing are the marten (samur) and musk animals, and all other dwellers and movers in holes; the oviparous are birds of every kind; the widetravelling sprang away for help, and are also those of a like kind; those suitable for grazing are whatever are kept grazing in a flock.
13. And, afterwards, they were divided into genera, as the round-hoofed are one, which is all called 'horse;' the double-hoofed are many, as the camel and ox, the sheep and goat, and others double-hoofed; the five-clawed are the dog, hare, musk animals, marten, and others; then are the birds, and then the fish. 14. And then they were divided into species?, as eight species of horse, two species of camel, ten 3 species of ox, five species of sheep, five species of goat, ten of the dog, five of the hare, eight of the marten, eight of the musk animals, 110 of the birds, and ten of the fish; some are counted for the pigs, and with all those declared and all those undeclared there were, at first, 282 species *; and with the species within species there were a thousand varieties.
1 Bund. XIV, 8-12. • Bund. XIV, 13-23, 26, 27. • Bund. XIV, 17 says 'fifteen,' which is probably correct. • Only 181 species are detailed or declared' here,
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