CHAP. XIII.] 



THE CAT'S FLACE IN NATURE. 



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(5) The carotid canal is generally small, and the foramen lead- 



ing to it inconspicuous. 



(6) The condyloid foramen almost always opens into the forame 



lacerum posterius, and is therefore inconspicuous and con- 

 cealed. 



(7) There is generally no glenoid foramen. 



(8) The CfECum is small and simple, and may occasionally he ahsent. 



(9) The hone of the penis is almost always small and irregularly 



shaped, and may be wanting. 



(10) There are Cowper's glands. 



(11) There is a salient, lobed prostate. 



(12) The teeth are never as tubercular as in the dogs and bears. 



(13) An ali-sphenoid canal may be present or absent. 



§ 23. In considering creatures which make up the cat's own sub- 



Fig. 199.— The African Civet (Viverm civelta) 

 (Flojrer). 

 a. Ali-sphenoid canal, 

 am. Meatus auditorius externus. 

 c. Condyloid foramen. 

 car. Carotid foramen. 



car. 



Fig. 200.— The Paradoxuee (Paradoxwrus 

 bondar) (Flower). 

 e. Eustachian canal. 

 I. Foramen lacerum iiosterius. 

 o. Foramen ovale. 

 p. Par-occipital process. 



order, it may be well to begin with the large family of the Yiverrid^. 

 This family includes a large number of forms, such as the African 

 civet and the Asiatic zibet ( Viverra) ; the genets {Gcnetta), of which 

 one is an inhabitant of Europe ; the paradoxures (Paradoxuriis), 

 animals inhabiting Eastern India ; the ichneumons {Rcrpcstcs) ; the 

 suricate (Ri/zcena) ; the mangue (Crossarchus) ; the animal named 

 Cynidis ; the long-whiskered, short-tailed creature, Cynogale, and 



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