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MAMMALOGY: GLOSSARY. 



CAMPAGNOL. - French name of the 



Fieldmouse. 

 CANINE. From the Latin, canis, a 



dog. The name of certain teeth. 

 CANIS. Latin. Dog. 

 CAPRA. La? in. Goat. 

 CARNARIA. From the Latin, caro, 



carnis, flesh. The name of an 



order of animals. 

 CARNIVOROUS. From the Latin, caro, 



carnis, flesh, and voro, I eat. Ani 



mals that feed on flesh, are said to 



be carnivorous. 



CARNIVORA, Latin. Carnivorou 

 CASTOR. Latin. Beaver. 

 CASTOREUM. A substance obtained 



from the Beaver. 



CATUS. Latin. Sharp, quick, sly. 

 CAUDAL. From the Latin, cauda, a 



tail. Relating or belonging to the 



tail. 

 CEPHALOPODA. From the Greek ke 



phale, head, and podos, which is the 



genitive case of pons, a foot. Mol 



luscous animals whose mouth i: 



surrounded with fleshy appendices 



which serve them as feet. 

 CEREAL. Relating or belonging to 



Ceres, the goddess of agriculture 



Cereal is applied to the various sort 



of nutritious corn or grain. 

 CERVICAL. From the Latin, cervix 



the neck. Belonging or relating to 



the neck. 

 CERVUS. Latin. A stag. 



CINEREA. Latin. Like ashes ; of an 



ash colour. 



CIVETTA Latin. Civet. The word 

 is derived from the Arabic, zebed, 

 or zobad, froth, or the peculiar se- 

 cretion of the civet. (See p. 66.) 



CLASS. In Latin classis, which comes 

 from the Greek, klesis, which is de- 

 rived from kaleo, I call. The order 

 according to which persons or 

 tilings are arranged or distributed. 



CLASSIFICATION. The act of forming 

 classes. 



CLAVICLE. From the Latin, clavis, a 

 key. The collar bone. 



CONCOLOR. Latin. Of the same 

 colour. 



CONDVLE. From the Greek kondulos, 

 a knot, an eminence, a joint. A 

 small round eminence of bone en- 

 tering into the composition of an 

 articulation. 



CONTORTED. From the Latin, cantor- 



queo. 



I twist about. Twisted. 



CONVOLUTION. From the Latin, con~ 

 volvere, to entwine. The cerebral 

 convolutions are the round, tortuous 

 projections obsei ved on the surface 

 of the brain. 



CORTICAL. From the Latin, cortex, 

 bark. Belonging or relating to bark. 



CRANIUM. From the Greek, kranon, 

 head. The skull. 



Latin name of the Ham- 

 ster. 



CETACEA. In Latin cetaceus, which <CRISTATA. Latin. Tufted, combed, 

 is formed from the Greek, ketos, a^ crested, wearing a crest, 

 the word 





whale. Naturalists use 



to designate pisciform mammals, 



that have fins in place of feet, 



and inhabit the sea. (See page 



122.) 



CHAMOIS. From the Greek kemas, a 

 roe-buck. A ruminating animal of 

 the genus of Antelope. 



CHANFPviN.-^-From the Latin, camus, 

 a bit or curb, andfrenum, a bridle. 

 That part of the head of a horse, 

 which is between the brows, from 

 the ears to the nose. 



CHEIROPTERA. From the Greek keir, 

 hand, and pteron, wing. Having 

 winged hands. Name of a family 

 of mammals, vulgarly called bats. 



CRUSTACEA. From the Latin, crusta, 

 a crust. A class of animals whose 

 bodies are inclosed in a covering, 

 like the crab. 



CUNICULUS. Latin. A nbbit. 



CVNOCEPHALUS. From the Greek, 

 kvon, a dog, and kephale, head. A 

 species of monkey i* so called, be- 

 cause its head resembles that of a 

 dog. It is the baboon of the 

 moderns. 



DAMA. Latin. A fallow-deer. , 



DANICUS. Latin. Danish. Belong- 

 ing to Denmark. 



DASYPUS. From the Greek, dasus, 

 thick, hairy, and pous, foot. Hairy 

 foot. 



