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MAMMALOGY: GLOSSARY. 



PHARYNX. From the Greek, pharugx, 

 the pharynx. The swallow. The 

 superior opening ofthe (Esop'iagus. 



PHASCOLOMYS. From tlie Greek, pha- 

 *tolos, a pouch. The name of a 

 genus of marsupials. 



PHOCA. Lati'i. A Seal. 



PHCECENA. The systematic name of 

 porpoises. 



PHTHISIS. From the Greek, phthed, I 

 dry up, I waste away. Usually ap- 

 plied to consumption, or wasting 

 away, from a particular diseased 

 condition of the lungs 



PHYLLOSTOMA. From the Greek, phul- 

 lon, a leaf, and sterna, a mouth. The 

 name of a kind of bat. (See pa^e 

 45.) 



PHYSETER. From the Greek, phusao, 

 I blow. The name of a kind of 

 whale. 



PISCIFORM. From the Latin, piscis, 

 a fish, and forma, form. Of the 

 shape or form of a fish. 



PIPISTRELLUS. The name of a kind 

 of bat. 



FLANTIGRADA. Plantigrade animals. 



PLANTIGRADE From the L dinplanta, 

 the sole of the foot, and gradi, to 

 walk. Applied to certain mam- 

 miferous animals that, in walking, 

 rest the entire sole upon the ground. 



POLYPE. From the Greek, polus, 

 many, and pous, foot. A sort o^ 

 aquatic animal, whose me nbranous 

 and tubu'ar body is termin itcd by 

 many filaments, which serve it b./th 

 as feet and arms for seizing its 

 prey. 



POLYPUS. Latin. Polype. 



POLYPI. Plural of Polypus. 



POMERANUS. Latin. Relating or be- 

 longing to Pomerania, a province 

 of Prussia. 



PORCUPINE. From the Lntin, porous, 

 a hog, and spicatus, from spicu, a 

 head of w"heat, a spine. An ani- 

 mal resembling a hog with the skin 

 armed with spines. 



PORC-EPIC. French. A Porcupine. 



PORCELLUS. Latin. The diminutive 

 of porous, a hog. A pig. 



PORPOISE. From the Latin, porous, a 

 hog, and piscis, a fish. Hog-fish. 



PREHENSILE. From the Latin, prc- 

 hendere, to lay hold of. The pre- 

 hension of aliment consists in lay. 

 ing hold of, and conveying food in- 

 to the mouth. 



PROBOSCIDIAN. From the Greek, pro- 

 boskis, a proboscis or trunk. The 

 name applied to animals of the 

 family that includes the elephant. 



PROBOSCIDIANA. The name of the 

 family of animals that includes the 

 elephant. 



PROCESS. A natural eminence or pro- 

 jection of bone. 



PROCYON. Latin. A rackoon. 



PROGRESSION. From the Latin pro- 

 gressio, which is formed from pro t 

 before, and gradus, a pace or step. 

 A movement in advance, a going 

 forward. The movement of pro- 

 gression is peculiar to animals. 



PSALTERIUM. A name of the third 

 stnnruch of ruminants. 



PTEROMYS. From the Greek, pteron, 

 a wing, and wus,a mouse. The sys- 

 tematicn tme ofthe flying-squirrels. 



PULMONARY. Belonging or relating 

 to the lungs. 



PUTORIUS. Latin. From putor, a 

 stink. The systematic name of 

 the polecat. 



QUADRUMANA. From the Latin, quad- 

 rinus, formed from quatuor, four, 

 and manus, hand. The name of 

 the order of mammals that possess 

 four hands. 



QUADRUI ED. From the Latin, quad, 

 rinuft, and pes, a foot. Having four 

 fe,t. 



RADIATA. From the Latin, radius, a 

 spoke. The name given to the 

 fourth BRANCH of the amrnal king- 

 dom, on account of tluir configu- 

 ration. 



RAMUSCULE. From the Latin, ramus* 



a branch. A diminutive branch. 

 RATTL"--. Barbaioua Latin. A rat. 



RECURVED. Bent backward. 



REGIMEN. From the Latin, regere, 

 to govern. The rational and metho- 

 dic;il use of food, and of everything 

 essential to life ; both in a state of 

 health and disease. It is often re- 

 stricted, in its meaning, to diet. 



