Order CARNIVOEA. 



This is a large and varied group of chiefly flesh-eating 

 animals, and include, under the more modern classifica- 

 tion now in vogue, only the terrestrial forms (Fissipedia), 



The feet possess four or five toes, usually provided 

 with sharp claws. The clavicles, or collar bones, are 

 absent, or when present are small or reduced. The 

 incisor teeth are small and sharp, three pairs in both 

 upper and lower jaw ; while the canines are large and 

 projecting. The cheek teeth have cutting edges ; the 

 first lower molar and the last upper premolar are modified 

 to form the so-called carnassial teeth, 



Condyle of lower jaw transversely elongated, and fitted 

 into a transverse groove on the base of the skull, which 

 limits the movement of the jaw to only an up-and-down 

 action. 



Living Carnivores are divided into three sections, the 

 yEIuroidea (Cats, Civets, Hyaenas, &c.), the Cynoidea 

 (comprising the Dogs, Wolves, &c., Canidce), and the 

 Arctoidea (Bears, Eaccoons and Badgers). 



Family MUSTELINE. 



The Weasels, Badgers and Otters form a group of 

 long-bodied animals distinguished by the absence of an 

 alisphenoid canal to the skull, and by the number of the 

 molar teeth, which are either one above and two below, 

 on each side, or one above and one below. Dentition 

 usually : Incisors 3/3, canines 1/1, premolars 4/4, molars 

 1/2. Auditory bulla dilated. 



