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TYPES OF ANIISIAL LIFE 



good example of the small value which characters drawn 

 from the teeth only, possess as evidences of essential 

 affinity between different animals — for the bear-cat's 

 teeth are very small, and separated from one another by 

 very distinct intervals. It is a strictly arboreal animal 



Fig. 64. 



THE BIXTURONG. 



with a slightly prehensile tail, and is very slow and 

 cautious in its movements, and it is a creature of the 

 civet tribe, specially modified for tree life. But another 

 still more exceptional form is one specially modified 

 for aquatic life, although it is also able to climb trees. 

 It is known as the CynognJe, and has short toes which 



