* MAMMALIA 



base in tenia! ly; canine-teeth solitary: grinders 8 or (f 

 each side, the first placed close to the canine-teeth : 

 tongue smonlh : snout prominent: eyes furnished with 

 a nictitaiif membrane. 



9. Talpa. Ft out teeth in the upper-jaw 6, unequal; in 



the lower-jaw S : canine-teeth solitary, the upper-ones 

 larger : grinders 1 in the upper-jaw* 6 in the lower. 



10. Sorex. firont+ileth in the upper-jaw ?, long, cloven; 

 in the lower-jaw 2 or 4, the inferpiediate-oncs shorter: 

 canine-teeth several each side : grinders cuspidate. 



11. Erin ageos. Front-tteth in the upper-jaw 2 9 distant ; 

 in the lower-jaw 2, elose together : canine-teeth 5 each 

 side in the upper-jaw, and 3 in the lower: grinders 4 

 each side in each jaw: body covered with spines om 

 the upper parts. 



ORDER III. GLIRES. 



Front-teeth 2 in each jaw, close together r remote from the 

 grinders : canine teeth none. 



12. Castor. Front-teeth in the upper-jaw truncate^ and 

 hollowed in a transverse angle ; in the lower-jaw 

 transverse at the tips : grinders 4 on each side : tail 

 long, depressed, scaly : clavicles or collar-bones per- 

 fect. 



13. Mtrs.. Front-teeth of the upper-jaw wedge-shaped : 

 grinders S each side, rarely only 2 : clavicles perfect. 



14. Sciurus. Front-teeth of the upper jaw wedge-shaped, 

 of the lower acute : grinders 5 each side in the upper- 

 jaw, 4 in the lower : clavicles x^erfect : tail spreading 

 towards each side. 



15. Myoxu $. Front-teeth of the upper-jaw wedge-shaped, 

 of the lower compressed : g< inders 4 in each jaw : 

 whiskers long : tail round, hairy, thicker towards the 

 tip : legs of equal length : forefeet A-toed . 



16. Lepus. Front-teeth of the upper-jaw furnished with- 

 two smaller ones placed behind them. 



ORDER IV. PECORA, 



Front-teeth wanting in the upper-jaw ; in the lower §' or S, 

 very remote from the grinders: feet with cloven- hoofs. 



IT. Cervus. Horns solid, branched, annual, covered- 

 while young with a hairy skin : front-teeth in the 

 lower-jaw T 8 : canine-teeth none, or a single one in the 

 upper -jaw. 



38. Capra. Horns hollow, pointing upwards and turned 

 feack, compressed, rough, nearly close together at the 



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