XIV INTHOnrCTION. 



Anatomt Of THE CAJtin.e 



III tlicir cxtrrnal niiatomy all the wild CaHtJ^ are •imiUr to ihr 

 Coiiiiiioii Wuir, Mvc ai it-gani* mu* and f^-atrr or In* rrlativc Irnplli 

 of «*an«. tnil, nnd inutxic. Only in Irtirrm ' f it tW tad rrally 



hliort, nnd only in ('. zrnln and (tti^yim m>., .- on- ihr i*«r» c\m»- 



sivriv long, Itut fVfii in tlinii llu-y do not dnwp a» in mutt doumlir 

 dog*. The K-ngtli nnd i|iiality of the fur ofirn varut murh. rvrn in the 

 Mine R|>rrii^, arrording to tlR< tcaaon. m haa U-cn alrrady iu«-ntionrd. 

 In no natural fonn in tlic akin ! as in aotne Atumran donic*. 



tirntt-d l»nT«U, and tin- to-called " lurkitli " hrrcd of dog. 



Ahnor ' ^ It time to tunc be inri with, at a 



FoxIiJwIk... i.....-; •-. . ,t. f..r.i,,.» ,. »,. r,-.^.,,I.L. (lull of 



It Pug Dog 



The tip of the note in alway* iiiiktHl. and the |tadt t>rncath thr frrl 

 nlito. Therr it a more or Ic** ImIoImIc rtubioa brnralh the roots of 

 the toot, and a tingle one lx*ncath the end of each digit, inrluding a 

 minute one U'ltrnth the tinall thninii, or fiolJrjr, and anotltrr l>rncath 

 the writtt. The hair " ■. the |Mid<i i '• hut ni " 



ln|M'd ; hut in lujiiir l<>iii>> III winter,-- i the Akh' i^y «,• 



/iti/opiia), Uic ftx'l (as Its tcicntitic :...-. ...,..t<i) arc dcn»''» fi.rr.-,! 

 Ih-Iow. 



No Aat/nj- (i. r. no digit answering to our gn«t lor) it visible rtter- 

 nitlly on the hind foot of aiiy wild •|H>cies, though in doturstir brrrdt it 

 is olteii develo|MHl, frr(|iiently in an imperfcrt manner, its .<nt 



hdiH's not iK'ing directly • <1 with tbo»e of the rr»t of tht luul, ao 



tliat it hani^ Kiosely, and i^ inmiinrly known a« a "dew-rUw." 



In the fun- foot, a short tiiuinh or pollri (nut rrarhing the ground) 

 is always present, save in the genus Lyrnon, which hat but a nidiinent 

 of it aniccaled biMicath the skin. The toca arr each provided with a 

 slightly cuned, non-retractile, and more or less blunt daw. 



All thr Canida are "digiligmde." ttiat is they walk u|>on their toea. 

 nnd not upon the soles of the feet as we do, and as do various Carni- 

 vorous aiiiiuals. such. r. p., as the IJear and the Coatiniundi, which 

 nre said to l>e "plantigrade." In plantigrade animals th<' i><rt« on 



