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CONTENTS. 



Mammals (continued). . Page 



ORDER CARNIVORA ................................. 411 



Carnivora, how distinguishable ............ 411 



Teeth ................. . ................................. 412 



Canine ............................................. 412 



False Molars .................................... 412 



Lacerator ................. '...'. ..................... 412 



Blunt Molars .................................... 412 



Differences in the Teeth of Carnivora .. 412 

 Differences in the structure of their 

 hinder Feet .................................... 412 



PLANTIGRADE CARNIVORA ..................... 413 



Bears ................................................ 413 



White Bear ....................................... 413 



Racoons ............................................. 414 



Badgers ............................................. 414 



Common Badgers .............................. 414 



Glutton ............................................ 414 



IGITIGRADE CARNIVORA, how distin- 

 guished in walking ........................... 415 



Divided into Groups ........................... 415 



Vermiform Carnivora ........................... 415 



Polecats ............................................. 415 



Common Polecat ................................. 415 



Ferret ................................................ 417 



Weasel ............................................. 417 



Ermine ............................................. 417 



Martens ............................................. 418 



Sable Marten .................................... 418 



Skunks ............................................. 418 



Otters ................................................ 418 



Sea-Otter .......................................... 419 



Second Group of Digitigrade Carr.ivora, 

 how characterized ........................... 419 



The Dogs .......................................... 419 



Domestic Dog .................................... 419 



Wolf ................................................ 419 



The Foxes .......................................... 420 



The Civets .................... ...................... 420 



The Civet properly so called ............... 420 



The Ichneumon ................................. 421 



Third Group of Digitigrade Carnivora... 421 

 Separated into 



Hyaenas ............................................. 421 



How distinguishable ........................... 421 



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Cats 



Most formidably armed of all Mammalia 



Silent tread of Cats 



Lion 



Royal Tiger 



Jaguar or American Tiger .................. 424 



Panther ............................................. 425 



Leopard ............................................. 425 



Lynx ................................................ 426 



Common or Domestic Cat .................. 426 



Mammals (continued). Page- 



AMPHIBIOUS CARNIVORA 426 



Divided into two Groups 426 



Seals 426 



Morse or Walrus 427 



ORDER INSECTIVORA 428 



Shrews 428 



Hedgehogs 429 



Common Hedgehog 420 



Moles 429 



Their admirable conformation 430- 



Hand of Mole 430 



ORDER CHEIROPTERA 430 



Mammiferous destroyers of Insects not 



restricted to surface of ground 430 



Bats 431 



Divided into several families 431 



Fox Bats 431 



Spear-nosed Bats 431 



Vampire Bats 432 



Horse-shoe Bats 432 



Common Bats 432 



ORDER QUADRUMANA 433 



How distinguishable 433 



Formed for living in trees 433. 



Flying Cats 435 



Fox-headed Monkey (Lemur) 435 



Sloth Monkeys 436 



Marmozets 436 



Monkeys of the American continent, how 



distinguished 436 



Differ in conformation of Tail 436 



Capuchin Monkeys 436 



Tail prehensile 436 



Sakis 436 



Tail not prehensile 436 



Capuchin Monkey includes 



Howling Monkeys 436 



Spider Monkeys 437 



American Monkeys 437 



Tabular arrangement 438 



Cynocephali 438 



Mandrils 439, 



Macacus 439 



Semnopithecus 439 



Guenons, or Long-tailed Monkeys 440 



Magots 440 



Gibbons 441 



Siamang 441 



Gorilla 442 



Orang-outang 443 



Chimpanzee 443 



ORDER BIMANES 444 



Man 444 



Conclusion 445 



