VERTEBRATA. 



353 



Fio. 345. Stag, or Red Deer (Cervus elaphus). Europe. 



fcelope are solid, horny, and permanent; in the Goat, 

 Sheep, and Ox they are hollow, horny, and permanent. 



II. Carnivora, or Beasts of Prey, may be recognized by 

 their four long, curved, acute, canine teeth, the gap be- 

 tween the incisors and canines in the upper jaw for the 

 reception of the low- 

 er canine, and molars 

 graduating from a tu- 

 berculate to a trench- 

 ant form, in propor- 

 tion as the diet de- 

 viates from a miscel- 

 laneous kind to one 

 strictly of flesh. The 

 incisors, except in the 



, number PIG. 346. Raccoou (P.ocyon lotor). United SUtee. 



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