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cylindrical ; feet short, u ebbed ; tail long, tapering 

 a little 1 flattened. 



1. L. VULGAHIS Common Ottor. 



iv. VULPES. Fox (mnders six above, seven 

 In-low, on each side ; pupil elliptical ; tongue soft ; 

 ears large, pointed; body compressed ; tail long 

 and bushy ; claws not retractile. 



1, Vulpes wfydris Common Fox. 



v. FELIS. CAT. Grinders four above, three 

 below, on each side; tongue rough, with horny 

 papillae directed backwards; ears moderate; tail 

 fcng and nearly cylindrical ; claws retractile. 



1. JFelis CoHw -Wild CaU 



III. AMPHIBIA. The Amphibious Carnivora have 

 the limbs very short, the feet broad, with the toes 

 connected by the skin, so as to convert them into 

 instruments of natation. They are moreover cha- 

 racterized by the shortness and stiffness of their 

 Vair. The teeth are various. They seek their 

 food, consisting offish, in the water, swim and dive 

 with ease, and are capable of continuing long be- 

 neath the surface; but they return to the land to 

 repose, and there also they bring forth and suckle 

 their young. Two genera may be considered as 

 British. 



i. PHOCA. SEAL. Tusks and incisors in both 

 jaws ; grinders uniform, generally three-lobcd. 



