FAUNA OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
VIII. ORDER. 
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PACHYDERMATA. 
Limbs four, terminating with feet, with hoofs. Herbivorous generally, not ruminating, teeth 
variable. Elephant, Hog, Horse, &c. None in South Carolina. 
IX. ORDER. RUMINANTIA. 
Limbs four, terminating with feet, with hoofs. 
Herbivorous, ruminating, stomachs four. Teeth 
incomplete, incisors wanting in upper jaw, canines generally wanting. Head generally with horns. 
26. Cérvus Lin. 
48, virginiénus Gm. Deer. 
X. ORDER. CETACEA. 
Limbs two, the anterior only existing, formed for swimming, finlike. Tail forming a horizontal 
fin. Body pisciform. 
27. Delphinus Lin. 
49. phocoéna. Lin. Porpoise. 
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XI. ORDER. MARSUPIALIA. 
Limbs four, terminating in feet, with nails. 
external abdominal pouch, where they attain the perfect state. 
bones. 
28. Didélphis 
Young born very imperfect, and received into an 
Pelvis furnished with marsupial 
Lin. 
Penn. 
50. virginiénus Opossum. 
The following Mammifera formerly existed in South Carolina, but have become extinct. 
Castor fiber Buff. Beaver now found west of Alleghany Mountains. 
Cérvus strongyléceros Schr. Elk ue “ M’ts. from Penns. to Pacific. 
Bos americanus Gin. Bison ce 
in plains of Rocky Mountains. 
2. SUBDIVISION. OVIPAROUS. 
Young produced from an egg, not suckled. Lower jaw articulated indirectly with the skull by 
means of an intermediate bone. Occipital bone never articulated with first vertebra by two distinct 
condyles. Diaphragm rudimentary. 
2. CLASS. BIRDS. 
Breathe by lungs, respiration double, the air permeating not only the lungs, but all parts of the 
body. ‘Temperature constant, not depending on that of the surrounding medium, warmblooded. 
Circulation complete, heart with four eavities. Vertebree with anterior or superior surface concave, » 
posterior convex. Occipital bone with’a single condyle. Body clothed with feathers. 
I. ORDER. RAPACES. 
Terrestrial. Beak and claws powerful, hooked. Carnivorous. 
1. Family Diurnal. . Eyes lateral. 
1, Cathartes lll. Turkey Buzzard. |8. Haliztus Sav. ; 
1. atira Lin. Red headed = Res.}_ 5. Washingtoni Aud. 
2. atratus Wils Black headed Res.| 6. leucocéphalus Lin. Bald Eagle Res: 
2. Biateo Bech 4, Pandion Sav. 
3. borealis Gm. Hen Hawk.  Res.| 7. halitus Lin. Fish Hawk Res, 
4, lineatus Gm. Chicken Hawk Res. 
