816

The divisions of the animal kingdom.

Man. The description of man, which includes that of such creatures as are of almost the same species, as Apes, Monkeys and the like, which are many,

The Lion and its kindred, as Panthers. [Footnote 3: Leonza—wild cat? “Secondo alcuni, lo stesso che Leonessa; e secondo altri con piu certezza, lo stesso che PanteraFANFANI, Vocabolario page 858.] Wildcats (?) Tigers, Leopards, Wolfs, Lynxes, Spanish cats, common cats and the like.

The Horse and its kindred, as Mule, Ass and the like, with incisor teeth above and below.

The Bull and its allies with horns and without upper incisors as the Buffalo, Stag Fallow Deer, Wild Goat, Swine, Goat, wild Goats Muskdeers, Chamois, Giraffe.

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
XIV: Anatomy, Zoology and Physiology.
. . .
A general introduction.
796
Plans and suggestions for the arrangement of materials.
797,
798,
799,
800,
801,
802
Plans for the representation of muscles by drawings.
803,
804,
805,
806,
807,
808
On corpulency and leanness.
809,
810,
811
The divisions of the head.
812,
813
Physiological problems.
814,
815
The divisions of the animal kingdom.
816,
817
Miscellaneous notes on the study of Zoology.
818,
819,
820,
821
muscles.
822,
823,
824,
825,
826
Comparative study of the organs of sense in men and animals.
827
Advantages in the structure of the eye in certain animals.
828,
829,
830,
831
Remarks on the organs of speech.
832,
833
On the conditions of sight.
834,
835
The seat of the common sense.
836
. . .