56 CARNIVORA. 



3. YESPERTILIONINA, (Lat. Vespertilio, a bat.) These are found in all 

 parts of the world, including Australia. The Flitter mouse of England, V. 

 murinus, has the ears inclining backwards. The New York Bat, V. Novebo- 

 racensis, the Little Brown Bat, V. subulatus, (Lat. awl-shaped,) the Silver 

 Haired Bat, V. noctivagans, (Lat. nox, night; vagans, wandering,) the Car- 

 olina Bat, V. Carolinensis, are all found in the United States and Canadas. 



4. NOCTILIONINA, (Lat. Noctttio, from nox, night, and eo, to go.) These 

 South American bats have side pouches for receiving their young. 



5. PTEROPINA, (Gr. Pteron, a wing; pous, a foot.) These are the Rous- 

 SETTES of the French, and the fruit-eating bats of Java. The Kalong, or 

 Fox Bat, Pteropus Javanicus, is the largest, measuring five feet in the 

 spread of its wings. They are found in large companies, suspended from 

 trees. 



SECTION X. 

 THE CARNIVOHA PROPER. 



The CARNIVORA proper are sometimes arranged into three di- 

 visions the DIGITIGRADA, the PLANTIGRADA, and the PHOCIDAE 

 or AMPHIBIA. 



II. DIVISION OF THE CARNIVORA. 



I. DIGITIGRADA, (Lat. digitus, a finger or toe ; gradior, I walk ;) 

 walking on the toes. 



This division of the CARNIVORA derive their name from their ap- 

 plication of the toes to the ground in walking. It includes the 

 Cat, Dog, and Weasel families. They are distinguished by their 

 free, light and active step, their elasticity of motion, beauty of 

 fur, and elegance of form. Many of them are nocturnal, slum- 

 bering by day in some dark den or deep recess, but prowling steal- 

 thily and noiselessly about during the night. Having satisfied 

 their blood-thirsty dispositions and voracious appetites, when 

 "the sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them 

 down in their dens." Some animals of this division, as the wolf, 

 are, however, mere open in their movements, and in bands hunt 

 their prey during the day. 



1. FELIDAE, (Lat./eJw, a cat.) The Cat family. 



These include Cats, Lions, Tigers, Leopards, and Lynxes. 

 Among them are the most eminently carnivorous and formidable 

 of the mammalia, and they include a large number of animals 

 that closely resemble each other in structure and appearance. 

 They are among quadrupeds what birds of prey are among the 

 feathered tribes. The size and strength of the Lion, Tiger and 

 Leopard, combined with their thirst for blood, render them most 

 fearfully dangerous. 



The jaws and teeth of the FELIDAE are quite different from 



