59 - €LASS i. ORDER II, 
Lurra, (otter,) incisors 6, sharpish ; canine 
teeth longer ; feet webbed. 
Canis, (dog, wolf, fox, hyena,) incisors in up- 
per jaw 63 latteral ones longer, distant; inter- 
mediate — lobated ; in lower jaw 63; lateral 
ones lobated; canine teeth solitary, incurved : 
grinders 6 or 7, (or more than the other genera of 
this order. ). 
Viverra, (weesel, skunk, civit,) incisors 6, 
sharpish ; canine teeth longer; tongue in some 
smooth, in others aculeate backwards ; body ofa 
lengthened form. 
Fenis, (cat, lion, tiger, panther, lynx,) front 
teeth 6; intermediate ones equal 5 Sesoee three 
on each side ; tongue aculeated backw ards; claws 
retractile. | 
Sec. D. Amphibious carnivorous animals, | 
Puoca, (seal,) fore-teeth in the upper jaw 6, 
pointed, parallel ; exterior larger; in lower Jaw 4, 
bluntish, parallel, distinct, equal ; ; canine teeth, 
one on each side, in both jaws, large, pointed ; 
upper ones distinct from the incisors, the lower 
ones distinct from the grinders ; grinders 5 on 
each side above, 6 below, obtusely tricuspidate. 
TRICHECHUS, (morse, sea-cow, sea-horse, wal- 
rus,) fore teeth (in the full grown animal) none, el- 
ther above or below ; tusks solitary in the upper 
jaws grimders. with wrinkled surfaces ; ; lips dou- 
bled ; hind feet at the extremity of the ald ‘unit 
ing into a fin. 
Sec. E.. Pouched carnivorous animals. 
Dive puis, (oppossum,) front teeth small, round: 
ed; superior 10, the two middle ones longer ; 
