CARNIVORA. 
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cheek-teeth of the otters ; and figure 6, those of the 
viverrse. In the last of these, the two farthest teeth 
in the upper jaw maybe observed to be flat, in which 
respect they correspond with those of the dogs ; while 
the others have only one flat or molar tooth beyond 
those, which, from their pointed, lance-shaped, cut- 
ting lobes, are exclusively carnivorous. 
The putorii are, perhaps, the most sanguinary. 
They have in the upper jaw but three carnivorous 
teeth and one molar tooth, which is longer than it 
is broad ; and three carnivorous teeth in the lower. 
Their muzzle is also something shorter and thicker 
than in the following subdivisions. They emit a 
very disagreeable odour. 
