A manual of British vertebrate animals / [Leonard Jenyns].

  • Leonard Jenyns
Date:
1835
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Credit: A manual of British vertebrate animals / [Leonard Jenyns]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CLASS I. MAMMALIA. § x. Incisor, canine, and molar teeth all present, forming a continuous series. ORDER I. FER. Feet armed with strong claws: mamme abdominal : penis sheathed. * Six incisors in each jaw: grinders of three sorts. + Walk on the soles of the feet. +1. URSUS.—Lower incisors set in the same line: grinders varying in number, the three last large and tubercular: no glandular pouch under the tail. 2. MELES.—Second incisor on each side in the lower jaw placed behind the others: grinders five above and six below ‘on each side; the first very small, the last tubercular: body low on the legs: a glandular pouch or scent-bag under the tail. ++ Walk on the extremities of the toes. 3. MUSTELA.—Grinders varying in number: body very much elongated: feet short; the toes separate: ears short and rounded. (1. Mustexa.) Grinders five above and six below on each side: tongue smooth. (2. Purorius.) Grinders four above and five below on each side: tongue rough. 4.2
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