4 Mam . Class ifica tion . 







YI. The species of the Order SECTORIALIA,* synonym- 

 ous with the Order Carnivora, as restricted by Profs. Owen 

 and Huxley, may be at once recognised by, their four coni- 

 cal, curved, acute, canine teeth, the gap between the incisors 

 and canines in the upper jaw for the reception of the lower 

 canine, the molars either wholly trenchant or somewhat 

 tuberculated, but never studded with sharp conical projec- 

 tions, and in each molar series the Dens Sectorius. 



This Order is divided into four 



Sub-orders : 



1. DiGITIGRADA. 2. SeMI-PlANTIGRADA. 



3. Plantigrada. 4. Pinnigrada. 



1. The Sub-order Digitigrada includes the most typical 

 members of the Order : those whose short toes alone are ap- 

 plied to the ground, and that walk on tip-toe. 



Such are the Families 

 of 1. the Canidce, in which the toes are all armed with non- 

 retractile claws, and the tongue is soft and destitute of horny 

 spines. 2. The Felidce, which have retractile claws, and a 

 tongue covered with small recurved prickles. 3. The Hycenidce, 

 with non- retractile claws (Canidae), a prickly tongue (Felidae), 

 and a pouch beneath the anus (Yiverridae). 4. The Viverridce, 

 whose glandular oval pouch secretes the odorous civet. 



2. The second Sub-order, the Semiplantigr.U)a, is 



synonymous with the Family 

 of the Mu&telidce ; animals which apply a portion of the sole 

 to the ground, but have the heel always raised : on account 

 of the length of the body and shortness of the limbs they 



* The term Carnivora as used by Linnaeus included the Cheiroptera and In- 

 sectivora, as well as the so-called ' Carnivora proper,' and is synonymous with the 

 Carnaria or Carnassiers of Cuvier. The Cheiroptera and Insectivora being now 

 recognised as separate Orders, it seems inappropriate to use the same term to 

 denote the remaining group alone. The name Sectorialia has been here applied 

 having reference to the Dens Sectorius, or scissor tooth, found in the typical 

 members of this Order. 



