INDEX. 593 



Order 6. Carnivorous Quadrupeds continued. 



Sable marten ........ 537 



Skunks ......... 538 



Otters ......... 538 



Sea otter ........ 538 



Second group of digitigrade carnivora, how characterized . 539 



The dogs ........ 539 



Domestic dog ........ 539 



Wolf ......... 539 



The foxes ........ 540 



The civets ........ 541 



The civet (properly so called) ..... 541 



The ichneumon ....... 541 



Third group of digitigrade carnivora . 541 

 Separated into 



Hyenas . . . . . . . . . 542 



How distinguishable ...... 542 



Cats ....... . . .542 



Most formidably armed of all mammalia . . . 542 



Silent tread of cats ....... 543 



Lion ......... 544 



Royal tiger ........ 545 



Jaguar or Arnerican tiger ..... 546 



Panther ....... . .547 



Leopard ........ 547 



Lynx ......... 547 



Common or domestic cat ...... 548 



Amphibious carnivora ...... 548 



Divided into two groups ...... 548 



Seals . ... 548 



Morses or walrus 

 Order 7. Insect-eaters 

 Insectivora 

 Shrews 

 Hedgehogs 

 Common hedgehog 

 Moles 



549 

 550 

 550 

 550 

 551 

 551 

 552 



Their admirable conformation ..... 552 



Hand of mole ........ 552 



Order 8. Bats. Cheiroptera 553 



Mammiferous destroyers of insects not restricted to 



surface of ground . ... . . . 553 



Bats 554 



Divided into several families ..... 554 



Fox bats . 554 



Spear-nosed bats ....... 554 



Vampire bats . ....... 554 



Horse-shoe bats 554 



Common bats 555 



Order 9. Mammalia with four hands 556 



Quadrumana 556 



How distinguishable ....... 556 



Formed for living in trees ...... 556 



Flying cats 558 



