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ZOOLOGY 



The Carnivora 1 include both land and marine forms. 

 To the first group (Fig. 302) belong the cats (including 

 tigers, lions, leopards, lynx, etc.) ; the civet-cats, mongoose, 



FIG. 302. Felis jubata, the Cheetah or hunting leopard. Photo, of a group, 



iu the Field Columbian Museum. 



etc. ; the hyenas ; the dogs (including jackals, wolves, and 

 foxes) ; the bears ; the raccoons; and the great/?/ r-bearers, 

 martens, minks, weasels, badgers and otters, and skunks. 





FIG. 303. Phoca vitulina, the harbor seal. From Parker and Haswell, 



" Manual of Zoology." 



1 caro, carnis, flesh ; vorare, to devour. 



