CARNIVORA: HYENAS, WOLVES, ETC. 



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been found in caves in many places in England and on the 

 continent of Europe ; they are bones of extinct species. 



The Civets are small carnivorous animals of the aver- 

 age size of the domestic cat, but more elongated, and with 

 a more pointed muzzle, and with a long tail. In most 

 cases the feet are digitigrade, with hairy soles and re- 

 tractile claws. Civets secrete in a sort of pouch or gland 

 a substance formerly much used in perfumery, and which 

 was long an important article of commerce. They belong 

 to the Old World, and constitute the family Viverridae. 



The Dogs, Wolves, Foxes, and Jackals are representa- 

 tives of the Carnivora which constitute the family known 

 as the Canidce. They have a rather long body, a more or 

 less elongated and pointed muzzle, a smooth tongue, and 

 the fore feet five-toed and the hind ones four-toed. Of 

 all mammals the dog is the only one that has followed man 

 into every quarter of the world. The varieties are exceed- 

 ingly numerous ; all, however, have the tail recurved. The 

 origin of the Dog is uncertain ; some naturalists considering 

 this animal a modified wolf, and others a modified jackal. 



FIG. 84. 



Wolf, Cam's occidentahs, of authors. 



The Wolves have the tail straight, that is, not recurved, 

 and more or less bushy. They are crafty, ferocious, and 



