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MAMAfALI/l. 



Order 6. Carni^'Ora. 



This order includes {a) the true Carnivores, such as lions 

 and tigers, foxes and dogs, bears and otters ; {b) the aquatic 

 Pinnipedia, such as seals and walruses ; and (c) the extinct 

 Creodonta with several generalised types. 



Most of the Carnivora feed on animal food, and the most 



Fig. 262. — Lower surface of Do; 



o,c., Occipita! condyle; /?.(:?., basi-occipica 

 w/.c, post-glenoid proct-ss behind fos 



skull. 



T., tympanic bull 



B.S., basl-sphenoid ; . .„., .,...,^ 

 M.'z, second molar ', AT.i, first molar ; Pm 

 ■^■1-3, incisors: Ptiix., premaxilla ; mx., maxilla 

 /.,jiigal ; --J i". , alisphenoid ; Ft., pterj'goid 



^1"""'' -' ■' ij mp.^niC DUIla 



„ ,. r- -"■? '°^ condyle of m.andible 



/■^., base of presphenoid ; r., vomer 



1-4. premolars ; r., canine 



: Pa.L, palatine 



squamosal. 



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