Tabular view of the primary divisions of the animal kingdom : intended to serve as an outline of an elementary course of recent zoology (Cainozoology), or the natural history of existing animals / by Robert E. Grant.

  • Robert Edmond Grant
Date:
1861
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Credit: Tabular view of the primary divisions of the animal kingdom : intended to serve as an outline of an elementary course of recent zoology (Cainozoology), or the natural history of existing animals / by Robert E. Grant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Foiirth Order. INSECTIVORA, Ch-ant (Caknassikhs insectivorbs, Cuvier ] FsRiE inskctivobuE, Lesson). Incisor, canine, and molar teeth approximated and ena- mel-crowned in both jaws; tubercles of molar teeth sharp- pointed; no wings; feet and hands pentadactylous and plantigrade. First Suborder. Brachycauloda, Grant. With the canine teeth shorter than the front incisors in both jaws. Gen. Erinaceus Condylura. Second Suborder. Macrocauloda, Grant. Canine teeth much longer and larger than any of the in- cisors, in both jaws. Gen. Talpa Setiger. Fifth Order. CAENIVORA, Grant (part of Carnassiers carnivore^ 0^ Cuvier; Chelopoda, Goldfuss). Carnivorous terrestrial quadrupeds, with incisor, canine, and molar teeth enamel-crowned and securely fixed ia deep alveoli. In. -|, can. molars various ; incisors small and close; canines largely prominent, and with deeply imbedded fangs; molars mostly acuminated to a single longitudinal cixtting edge; hands and feet pentadac- tylous and furnished with large, compressed, curved claws, inner toe short on the hands and feet. First Suborder. Plantigrada, Cuvier. Resting the entire sole (planta) of the foot on the ground in progression, claws long and not retractile, habits slow, food various. Gen. Urstis Mellivora. ,