152 ORDER V. 



Mr. "Water-house divides the carnivora into six 

 families, of which the dog, viverra, cat, weasel, 

 bear, and seal, afford familiar examples : of these, 



The Canidce have already heen the subject of 

 detailed account in two volumes of this work ; we 

 shall, therefore, merely state, that the family are 

 distinguished by having six incisors, two canines in 

 each jaw, three false molars above, and four below, 

 and two tubercular teeth behind each of their car- 

 nassiers, or incis. $, can. \-\, pr. mol. f-f, mol. \-\, 

 tuberc. f-f = 42. But when connecting this order 

 with the last, by means of the indications in some 

 genera, which attest a partial insectivorous diet, 

 we find it necessary to transpose the arrangement, 

 as it was given in the two volumes of the Canidce^ 

 and then we have this partially evinced in the 



Sub-genus AGRTODUS, with its additional teeth in 

 both jaws, and perhaps still more in the first section 

 of Chaon, where we place the Fennecs or Zerdas. 

 We give in this place only an abstract of the clas- 

 sification, and refer the reader, for more detailed 

 information, to Volumes IV. and V. Thus, we find 



Genus CANTS. Forms, with the insectivorous 

 propensities, gradually vanishing. 



Sub-genus AGRIODUS, Sub-genus CHAON, 

 Containing the sections of 



Megalotis, the Fennecs or Zerdas. 

 Cynalopex, Day Foxes. 

 tiacalius, Jackals. 

 Thous, Jackal Wolves. 





