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the under parts they are flexible, and partake more of the 

 character of hair, though rather stiff. A few are found 

 with something of a woolly character, and the upper lips 

 are furnished with mustachios. 



These animals have at the extremity of each jaw two in- 

 cisors similar in form to canine teeth, and of which they 

 may make the same use as the Rodentiado of their incisors, 

 or the other Carnassiers do of their canines. Those of the 

 upper jaw are separated from each other ; those of the 

 lower are approximated and nearly touching. Behind these 

 first incisors in the upper jaw, are found, on each side, two 

 small teeth with a single root, which have the form of the 

 small anterior cheek-teeth called by our author false molars, 

 though implanted in the intermaxillary bone. After these 

 come the false molars themselves, separated from the last- 

 mentioned by a small vacant interval. They are three in 

 number. The first, which is the largest, has two roots ; 

 the second has but one, and the third again has two, and a 

 small internal protuberance beside. The true cheek-teeth 

 then follow, to the number of four. The first has three 

 tubercles, one on the external side, large, sharp, and trench- 

 ant, the two others on the internal side, but smaller. The 

 second and third of these teeth resemble, with the exception 

 that the latter is not quite so large. They have all four 

 tubercles of equal size, terminating the four angles of a 

 square. The last is slender, situated obliquely in relation 

 to the others, and not unlike a false molar. In the lower 

 jaw there are three small teeth, with a single point and a 

 single root, following immediately the large incisives. 

 After this comes a first molar with two principal points, 

 and terminated by a small protuberance. The second and 

 third resemble. Three points form their anterior part, and 

 two their posterior. The first are disposed in the form of 

 a triangle, the second are beside each other transversely. 

 The last molar, which is the fourth, and is very small, pre- 



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