ZOOLOGY. 647 



Now, however, there are three orders of Murine 

 animals. 



1. Rodent Mice the Rodentia proper. 



2. Chewing Mice the Sloths and Marsupialia. 



3. Rapacious Mice the Moles, Shrews, and Flitter-mice, or Bats. 



In like manner do the rapacious Carnivora divide into 

 three groups. 



1. The mostly sneaking and scansorial Martens and 

 Viverrae. 



2. The sneaking and fossorial Skunks, Gluttons, and 

 Badgers, with soles and blunt claws. 



3. The high-legged Digitigrades, as Dogs, Hyaenae, 

 and Cats. 



As I have given up the dental formula in the Rodentia 

 as a means of division, so now it seems to me that it 

 must be abandoned also in the Beasts of Prey. The 

 whole appearance of them and their mode of living, which 

 is still the main point in view, obviously directs us more 

 towards consideration of the feet, than of the dental for- 

 mula. The Marten or Weasel kind were formerly com- 

 pared with the Mice, and called on that account Mustela. 

 They cannot be regarded otherwise than as the lowest 

 in rank. 



Unto them are obviously annexed the short-legged 

 Civets, despite their cunoidal set of teeth. Many have 

 half soles or pads under the feet. With these again the 

 Fox-like animals, notwithstanding their viverrine dental 

 formula, enter into alliance. I believe that I have rightly 

 parted the Badger from the Bears, and rightly done it too 

 in this place. 



The highest are without doubt the Dogs, Hyaenas, and 

 Cats, with their long and upright legs, not to speak of 

 their mental faculties. We accordingly obtain the follow- 

 ing arrangement. 



Fam. 13. Dermal Thricozoa Carnaria. 

 All kinds of teeth included ; six broad incisors, a longer 

 canine, two to three small false molars, a large carnivo- 

 rous tooth and large Querzahn, and frequently also the 

 Kornzahn. Mostly five separated toes, with nails resting 



