14 FERJE. THE DOG TRIBE. 



breviore, vibrissis longis albis integris, apice curcis. 

 Phoca barbata. Fabricii, Fauna. Groenl. p. 15. 



Phoca barbata. Great Seal. Turton. 1. p. 39. 

 Kerr, p. 126. 



Le grand Phoque. Le Phoque de M. Parson. BufF. 

 Sonn. xxxiv. p. 50, tab. 1, fig. 3. 



Great Seal. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. p. 136. Shaw's Gen. 

 Zool. i. p. 259, tab. 74. 



Long-bodied Seal. Parsons in Phil. Tran. No. 469, 

 p. 383, tab. 1. 



Large Seal of the Northern Ocean. Smellie's Biiffon, 

 vii. p. 342. 



THE DOG TRIBE. Upper front-teeth six, those at 

 the sides longer than the intermediate ones, which are 

 lobated: lower front-teeth six, the lateral ones lobated: 

 canine-teeth curved, on each side in both jaws : grinders, 

 six in the upper, and seven in the lower jaw, (or more than 

 in any other animals of the same order.) CANIS. Linn. 

 Syst. Nat. Gmel. gen. 12. i. p. 65. 



Tongue smooth ; toes, five on the fore and four on the 

 hind feet, the claws blunt, not hooked, nor retractile ; the 

 feet rest upon the toes only. Females have ten teats, four 

 on the breast, and six on the belly. W. B. 



9. THE COMMON DOG. Tail recurved, leaning towards 

 the left side. Canis familiarus. Linn. 



Canis caudd sinistrorsum recurvatd. Cams familiaris. 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. i. p. 65. Erxleben, Syst. regn. 

 animal, gen. 45, sp. 1, p. 531. 



Canis 



