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COMMON DOG. 
Ge7ieric Character, 
Denies Primores superiores 
sex •, laterales longiores, 
distantes j intermedii lo- 
bati. 
Inferiores sexj laterales lobati. 
Laniarii solitarii, incurvati. 
Molares sex vel septem (plu- 
resve quam in reliquis). 
Cutting-teeth in the upper jaw 
six •, the laternal ones long- 
er, distant; the interme- 
diate ones lobated. 
In the lower jaw six; the la- 
teral ones lobated. 
Canine-teeth solitary, incur - 
vated. 
Grinders six or seven (or 
more than in other genera 
of this order). 
COMMON DOG. 
Canis Familiaris. C. cauda sinistrorsum recurvata. Lin, Syst. 
Nat. p. 56. 
Dog with recurved tail turned towards the left. 
Canis. Gesn. ^adr. g\. Jldr, dig, ^^2, Johnst, ^adr. 122, 
Ray, ^adr, 176. 
TThE Dog, that most faithful and valuable do- 
mestic, is one of those animals which have so 
long been taken under the peculiar protection of 
mankind, that the real origin of the species re- 
