56 CLASS I. ORDER III. 



LUTRA, (otter,) incisors 6, sharpish : caniue 

 teeth longer ; feet webbed. 



CANTS, (dog, wolf, fox, hyena,) incisors in up- 

 per jaw 6 ; latteral ones longer, distant ; inter- 

 mediate ones lobated ; in lower jaw 6 ; lateral 

 ones lobated ; canine teeth solitary, incurved ; 

 grinders 6 or 7, (or more than the other genera of 

 this order.) 



VIVERRA^ (weesel, skunk, civit,) incisors 6, 

 sharpish ; canine teeth longer ; tongue in some 

 smooth, in others aculeate backwards ; body of a 

 lengthened form. 



FELIS, (cat, lion, tiger, panther, lynx,) front 

 teeth 6 ; intermediate ones equal ; grinders three 

 on each side ; tongue aculeated backwards; claws 

 retractile. 



Sec. D. Amphibious carnivorous animals* 

 PHOCA, (seal,) fore-teeth in the upper jaw 6, 

 pointed, parallel ; exterior larger ; in lower jaw 4, 

 bluntish, parallel, distinct, equal ; canine teeth, 

 one oa each side, in both jaws, large, pointed ; 

 upper ones distinct from the incisors, the lowey 

 ones distinct from the grinders ; grinders 5 on 

 each side above, 6 below, obtusely tricuspidate.. 



TRICHKCHUS, (morse, sea-cow, sea-horse, wal- 

 rus,) fore teeth (in the full grown animal) none, ei- 

 ther above or below ; tusks solitary in the upper 

 jaw ; grinders with wrinkled surfaces ; lips dou- 

 bled ; hind feet at the extremity of the body, unit- 

 ing into a fin. 



Sec. 1L Poached carnivorous animals. 

 DIDELPHIS, (oppossum,) front teeth small, round- 

 ed j- superior 10, the two middle ones longer : 



