animal selfhood

Order Description

Read Irvine, Leslie, Ed’s book” the self in society”, read the part 3, chapter”A model of animal selfhood”.
Then answer following question:
{If we accept Irvine’s argument that companion animals have selves, are there other species (other than dogs and great apes) to which we can also attribute selves? Which species (if any)? Justify your answer using Irvine’s criteria.}
PLEASE NOTE THAT DO NOT WRITE OVER 500 WORDS, IT IS IMPORTANT.
Just answer the question posed, You should not need any outside readings to answer the question. The only reading is Irvine’s.