no MAMMALIA. 



small, the rest pointed ; muzzle produced ; ears scarcely visible ; 

 legs short, body nearly touching the ground, covered with shore 

 stiif spines, but divested of the power of turning into a ball ; 

 toes five ; without a tail. 



Centenes setosus The Tenrec — Plate VI**. fig. 10. — See 



description, vol. 11. p. 333. 



Genus 41. — Condylura. — Illiger. 



Incisory teeth *, canines J^}. conical teeth ^^y grinders \-\; 

 total 40. The superior incisory teeth are anomalous ; the two 

 intermediate ones are of considerable breadth ; muzzle produced, 

 provided with membranous radiating spines around the nostrils ; 

 no external ears ; eyes very small ; body thick ; feet with five 

 toes ; nails on the fore-feet strong. 



Condylura cristata. — The Radiated Mole Plate VI**, 



fig. 7 Fur very close, short, and fine ; of a sooty-black colour ; 



nostrils surrounded by a radiated membrane ; tail not quite half 

 the length of the body. About four inches long. Inhabits 

 Canada. 



Family III. — Carmvora. 



Six incisors in each jaw; molars not furnished with sharp 

 points, as in the preceding family, -but either trenchant or tu- 

 berculous, or both ; the species more or less carnivorous, in 

 proportion to the tuberculous character of these teeth ; canines 

 long and strong. 



Tribe I. 



Beasts of prey; the soles of their feet resting entirelj', from 

 the toe to the heel, on the ground, when walking. 



Genus 42. — Uksus. — Linnaus. 



Generic Character. — Incisory teeth % canines \z\, molars \ to 

 ] ; total number from 32 to 44. The false molars are very 

 small, make their appearance late, and fall out early; body 

 thick, covered with strong hair; ears somewhat long, and slight- ' 

 3y acuminated ; toes, five, furnished with strong curved claws, 

 destitute of retractility, blunt in their edges, and more calculat- 

 ed for climbing trees and burrowing in the earth, than for the 

 purposes of prehension, or destroying other animals ; tail short ; 

 six teats, two of which are pectoral and four ventral. 



Bears are large clumsy animals, with thick strong limbs. 



