456 MAMMALIA. 



ORDER III. — CARNASSIERS. 



The Carnassiers have three kinds of teeth ; grinders more or 

 less of a carnivorous character. ' The articulation of the lower 

 jaw transverse, for the purpose of vertical motion. The orhits 

 are not separated from the temporal fossae. The thumb of the 

 anterior extremities never opposable to the other toes. Stomach 

 simple, membranaceous : intestines short. 



Some of the animals eat vegetable substances, but never 

 grass or leaves. 



This order is divided into four families ; namely, I. Chei- 

 roptera, 2. Insectivora, 3. Carnivora, and Marsupiata. 



Family I. — Cheiroptera. 



Fingers connected by a membrane, which spreads from the 

 anterior to the posterior extremities : fitting the animals for 

 flight. Incisory teeth variable in number ; canine teeth more or 

 less strong ; grinders, in general, having acute-pointed crowns, 

 with a longitudinal furrow ; clavicles very strong, scapulae large ; 

 fore-arms not capable of rotatory motion : two pectoral mammae. 



Tribe I. — Galeopithecl 



Fingers furnished with long, much crooked nails ; dental 

 formulae anomalous. Skin of the membranes covered with hair 

 on both sides. 



Genus 1. — Galegpithecus. — Geoffroy. 



Incisory teeth * ; canines }-J ; grinders l^l j total 36. Upper 

 intermediate incisors very small ; lateral ones long and com 

 pressed, edged with a tubercle on each side at their base. 

 Infeiior incisors, inclined and notched ; posterior grinders rough, 

 with points and notches ; ears small and rounded ; tail of uncertain 

 length ; a large membrane envelopes the neck, anterior and 

 posterior extremities, the fingers and the tail; fingers of the 

 anterior extremities short ; nails bent and slender ; two pectoral 

 mammje. 



Gnleopilhecus rufus. — The Colugo — Plate VI*. fig. J.— 

 Fur red, without spots ; head very small : arms very muscular. 

 About a foot long. Inhabits the Pelew Islands. 



