CATALOGUE 



OAENIYOROUS MAMMALIA 



(FERiE, Linn.}. 



Order FER.E. 



Cutting teeth 6 in each jaw, regular, erect. Canine 

 teeth one on each side of each jaw, conical. Grinders 

 forming a regular continuous series, largest in the 

 middle of the series. 



Limbs exserted, with clawed feet ; thumb non-oppo- 

 sible ; the fore and hind limbs used for walking and 

 climbing, rarely for swimming. Teats abdominal, 4 

 or more. Penis in a sheath. 



Ferae, Linn. S. iV! ; Fischer, Syn, Mamm. xxv. 

 Camivora genuina, Cuvier, Reg. Anim. 

 Falculatoria (part.), Illiger, Prodr. 



The ferine Mammalia were divided by Cuvier and Illiger, ac- 

 cording to the manner in which they walk, into digitigrade and 

 plantigrade Sanguinaria ; but this was found to separate very nearly 

 allied genera. 



Gray, " Arrangement of Mammalia," Annals of- Philosophy, 



1825:— 



Order U. FEEyE. 



Fam. Felid^. 



I. 1. Hycenina : Hyaena, Pholetes. 

 2. Felina : Fells, Lynceus, Prionodon. 



