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this animal was more followed than in the present day, and now 

 it has become very rare in France. It was pursued by terrier 

 iogs; but its jaw.s, armed with very strong teeth, and its long power- 

 Ill nails enabled it to resist their attacks ; it inflicted deep wounds, 

 and defended itself with all its arms, lying on its back. Its skin 

 .s employed as coarse fur, and its hair, which cannot be used in 

 the manufacture of felt, is employed for making shaving and other 

 brushes 



14. The Gluttons Guh (Plate 2, jig. 15.) resemble the Bad- 

 gers very much, but are more carnivorous: their name has been 

 derived from an exaggerated notion of the voracity of one species 

 of this genus, the Glutton of the North Ursus Gulo which is 

 said to be very cruel, and to lie in ambush upon a tree, to leap 

 on the backs of large animals upon which it preys. 



Tribe of Digitigrada. 



15. The animals of this tribe are distinguished by the confor- 

 mation of their paws. In place of resting the entire sole of the 

 foot on the ground and consequently having this part free of hair, 

 they walk on the ends of their toes with the tarsus raised, and 

 hence their gait is lighter, and their speed greater. They are 

 more exclusively carnivorous than the Plantigrades, and their 

 taste for flesh joined with their fleetness makes them essentially 

 hunting animals; their paws are almost always armed with power- 

 ful nails or talons, and their jaws are stout and their molar teeth 

 almost entirely trenchant. The number of small tuberculous teeth 

 which are found in the back of the mouth, varies, and as these 

 differences correspond with their more or less sanguinary disposi- 

 tion, they are taken as the basis of the classification of the 

 Di.intigrada: 



14. What are Gluttons ? Wh it is the origin of their name ? 



15. How are the Digitigrade animals characterised? How are they 

 rl s rd? 



O" (Questions answered by the table.} What are the kinds and number of 

 teeth o'' the Martens? 



What is th character of their nails? What are the kinds and number of 

 teeth of tSe Polecat? What is remarked of their toes? 



How does the Skunk differ from the Polecat and Marten? 



What are tho peculiarities of the Otter ? 



What , r ihe generic characters of the genus Dog ? 



I i what dors the organization of the Civet differ from that of the Dog ? 

 v hat are the organic characters of the Hyena ? 



Wh t -ire the organic characters of the gunus, Cat? 



How many tuberculous teeth has the Marten? Polecat? Skunk? an) 

 Otter? What number of tuberculous teeth have Cats and Hyenas behind 

 Uu- carnivorous teeth ? 



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