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16. These different genera maybe distinguished from each other 

 by other characters, which are less important than those furnished 

 by the teeth, but which are more easily remembered. The fol 

 lowing table contains a synopsis of these secondary characters : 



DlGITlGRADA. 



Having the nails 



S 

 ot I 

 diggin 

 Fal 

 tec th 

 numbe 

 Lon 

 diggin 

 d by a 

 . 

 . 

 tail 

 the tail 





ff, Are tb;re any other characters by which the genera of the Digit*- 

 grude *ninidls may be distinguished? 



