Shiva Purana

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देवानां जातयश्चाष्टौ तिरश्चां पञ्च जातयः ॥ जात्यैकया च मानुष्या योनयश्च चतुर्दश ॥ ११ ॥

The living beings are fourteen in number: the eight types of the gods, five types of the lower animals and birds, and human beings forming one type.

english translation

devAnAM jAtayazcASTau tirazcAM paJca jAtayaH ॥ jAtyaikayA ca mAnuSyA yonayazca caturdaza ॥ 11 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript