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this animal was more followed than in the present day, and now 

 it has become very rare in France. It was pursued by terrier 

 dogs; but its jaws, armed with very strong teeth, and its long power- 

 ful nails enabled it to resist their attacks ; it inflicted deep wounds, 

 and defended itself with all its arms, lying on its back. Its skin 

 is employed as coarse fur, and its hair, which cannot be used in 

 the manufacture of felt, is employed for making shaving and other 

 brushes 



14. The Gluttons Guh (Plate 2,/#. 15.) resemble the Bad- 

 gers very much, but are more carnivorous : their name has been 

 derived from an exaggerated notion of the voracity of one species 

 of this genus, the Glutton of the North Ursus Gulo which is 

 said to be very cruel, and to lie in ambush upon a tree, to leap 

 on the backs of large animals upon which it preys. 



Tribe of Digiligrada. 



15. The animals of this tribe are distinguished by the confor- 

 mation of their paws. In place of resting the entire sole of the 

 foot on the ground and consequently having this part free of hair, 

 they walk on the ends of their toes with the tarsus raised, and 

 hence their gait is lighter, and their speed greater. They are 

 more exclusively carnivorous than the Plantigrades, and their 

 taste for flesh joined with their fleetness makes them essentially 

 hunting animals; their paws are almost always armed with power- 

 ful nails or talons, and their jaws are stout and their molar teeth 

 almost entirely trenchant. The number of small tuberculous teeth 

 which are found in the back of the mouth, varies, and as these 

 differences correspond with their more or less sanguinary disposi- 

 tion, they are taken as the basis- of the classification of the 

 Digitigrada : 



14. What are Gluttons ? What is the origin of their name ? 



15. How are the Digitigrade animals characterised ? How are they 

 classed? 



ICT (Questions answered by the table.') What are the kinds and number of 

 teeth of the Martens? 



What is th" character of their nails? What are the kinds and number of 

 teeth of the Polecat? What is remarked of their toes? 



How does the Skunk differ from the Polecat and Marten ? 



What are the peculiarities of the Otter 'f 



What are the generic characters of the genus Dog ? 



In what does the organization of the Civet differ from that of the Dog ? 



What are the organic characters of the Hyena ? 



What are the organic characters of the genus, Cat? 



How many tuberculous teeth has the Marten ? Polecat ? Skunk ? and 

 Otter? What number of tuberculous teeth have Cats and Hyenas behind 

 the carnivorous teeth ? 



