VERTEBRATA. 
353 
Fig. 345.—Stag, or Red Deer (Cervus elaphus). Europe. 
telope are solid, horny, and permanent; in the Goat, 
Sheep, and Ox they are hollow, horny,- and permanent. 
11. Carnivora , or Beasts of Prey, may be recognized by 
their four long, curved, acute, canine teeth, the gap be¬ 
tween the incisors and canines in the upper jaw for the 
reception of the low¬ 
er canine, and molars 
graduating from a tu- 
berculate to a trench¬ 
ant form, in propor¬ 
tion as the diet de¬ 
viates from a miscel¬ 
laneous kind to one 
strictly of flesh. The 
incisors, except in the 
PinnigradeS, number Fig. 346.—Raccoon (Procyon lotor). United States. 
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