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without the head, covered beneath the liairs, which are brown in color, 

 with large scales ; it is constricted at the base, and is largest at about a 

 third its length from the body. Length from nose to root of tail, four 

 inches ; length of the tail, three inches. 





Sub-Order: CARNIVORA. 

 Family: Felid^. — (Cat Family.) 



Characteristics. — Head broad and rounded ; incisors short, those in 

 the lower jaw forming a regular series, six in each jaw ; canines powerful, 

 somewhat curved, two in each jaw ; molars, generally eight in the upper 

 and six in the lower jaw, with sharp cutting edges ; tongue covered, with 

 sharp prickles pointing backward ; anterior feet, five-toed ; posterior feet, 

 four-toed; claws long, sharp, curved and retractile; teats varying in 

 number, placed on the belly. Animals in this family are generally 

 nocturnal, and entirely carnivorous. 



