Description:
Contents:
- Folio entitled 'Bruta' in Linnaeus's hand, also contains notes on the Hottentots, and notes on 'invidia', 'concordia', 'ostiaci'(?), 'Amor' related to different genera of animals.
- general notes on quadrupeds
- 'Bradypus' and 'Myrmecophaga' on the same folio, with no specific epithets. In 1748 "Systema naturae", these two genera are separate, with 'Bradypus' in 'Anthropomorpha' and 'Myrmecophaga' in 'Agriae'. In 1758 10th edition, the two genera follow each other with the class 'Bruta'.
- small torn slip entitled 'Politica', concerning human types.
- 'Hippopotamus' and 'Elephas' on the same folio. No speficic epithets. These two genera, together in 1748 "Systema naturae" under the class 'Jumenta', are separate in 1758 10th edition, with 'Elephas' in class II, 'Bruta', and 'Hippopotamus' in class VII, 'Bellua'.
Title:
'Bruta'
Author(s):
Carl von Linné 1707-1778