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VEirj'EBllATE ANIMALS. 



Tigers, Leopards, Panthers, Cats, and others. In all these the ani- 

 mal \valk.s lightly vqion the tips of the toes, and the soles of the feet 

 are hairy. The y.iws are .short, and owing to this and to the great 

 size of the mnscles which move the lower jaw, the head assumes a 



roimded form, with a short mnzzle. The molars and premolars 

 (tigs. 249 and 252) are fewer in number than in any other of the 

 Viiniirora — hence the shoitness of the jaws : a]Kl they are all fur- 

 nished with cutting edges, excejit tlie single molar in the upper jaw, 



2"»". — BrillcH and li^^lL 



Ids .if (lie till- iif II Tilt, sbowiii 

 iiliillilntruilnl(n). 



ifti-arteil (A) 



which is tulierculate. The legs are nearly of eipial length, and the 

 hind-feet have only four toes, whilst the fore-feet have five toes 

 each. All the toes are furnished with strong curved retractile claws, 

 which wdien not in use, are withdiawn within sheaths hy the action 

 of elastic ligaments (tig. 2:").-?). The tongue is armed with horny 



