MEDICAL ZOOLOGY 



AND 



MINERALOGY. 



PART I— THE ^ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



Class I.— MAMMALIA. 



Vertcbrated animals, with red and warm blood, 

 breathing by means of lungs, viviparous, and suckling 

 their young with milk formed in their breasts or 



mammae. 



I. 



MOSCHUS MOSCIIIFERUS. 



Thibetian Musk. 



Order Pecora, Lin. Ruminantia, Cuv. 



Gen. Char. Incisors £ ; canines I — o ; molars t — 1= 

 34. Canines wanting altogether in the females ; 

 superior canines projecting from the mouth in the 

 males ; ears long, pointed ; body slender ; no horns, 

 or antlers ; feet with hoofs ; tail very short. 



B 



