Linnaeus: Systema Naturae, Regnum Animale
(1735)
The Animal Kingdom
is divided into six named Classes, each containing a
number of Orders, which in term comprise a series of Genera
and constituent Species. These
are five of the standard seven categories of modern
taxonomy, which includes Phyla and Families.
Note the inclusion of sloths (Bradypus) among the
human-like Anthrpomorpha, Dolphins (Didelphis) among
Animals (Ferae), and the distinction of odd-toed from
even-toed ungulates (Jumenta vs Pecora). Note also the
inclusion of the Satyr, Phoenix, and Dragon,
under the Paradoxa, a category that today we would
call incertae sedis.