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MAMMALIA. 
Centenes setosus. — The Tenrec. 
Plate VIII. fig. 10- 
Spines long, flexible, yellowish, intermixed with black, with 
a few bristles on the head and shoulders; six incisory teeth in 
each jaw. Nearly the size of a rabbit. Inhabits Madagascar 
and the Isle of France. 
Genus 41.— Condylura. — IUiger. 
Incisory teeth canines j-j, conical teeth grinders 
total 40. The superior incisory teeth are anomalous; the two 
intermediate ones are of considerable breadth ; muzzle produced, 
provided with membranous radiating spines around the nostrils; 
no external ears; eyes very small; body thick; feet with five 
toes; nails on the fore-feet strong. 
Condylura cristata. — The Radiated Mole. 
Plate VIII. fig. 7. 
Fur very close, short, and fine : of a sooty-black colour; 
nostrils surrounded by a radiated membrane ; tail not quite half 
the length of the body. About four inches long. Inhabits 
Canada. 
Family III. — Carnivora. 
Six incisors in each jaw; molars not furnished with sharp 
points, as in the preceding family, but either trenchant or tu¬ 
berculous, or both ; the species more or less carnivorous, in 
proportion to the tuberculous character of these teeth; canines 
long and strong. 
Tribe I. 
Beasts of prey; the soles of their feet resting entirely, from 
the toe to the heel, on the ground, when walking. 
