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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    incisors chisel-shaped, lower ones pointed: tail round and hairy, shorter than the body. + 18. CASTOR.—Grinders compound, with flat summits, four on each side above and below: toes of the hinder feet palmated: tail oval, de- pressed, and covered with scales. ** Clavicles rudimentary. 19. LEPUS.—Two subsidiary incisors in the upper jaw immediately behind the others: grinders six above and five below on each side, the summits flat, with transverse plates of enamel: inside of the cheeks hairy: ears very large: toes five before and four behind: tail short, and turned up. * 20. CAVIA.—Grinders compound; each with one simple and one fork-shaped plate of enamel; four on each side above and below: toes four before and three behind: tail none. ORDER IV. UNGULATA. Teeth various: incisors and tusks often wanting in one or both jaws: grinders of one sort: toes large, covered with hoofs. * No incisors in the upper jaw; eight in the lower: two middle toes separate: frontal bones furnished with horns: ruminate. + Horns holiow, growing on a bony core; persistent. * 21. BOS.—Horns smooth; directed laterally at first, afterwards re- curved: body thick and heavy: limbs strong: tail moderately long, terminated by a tuft of hair: four inguinal mamme. * 92. OVIS.—Horns rough and angular; directed backwards and laterally, more or less spirally twisted: chin without a beard: limbs rather slender: tail moderately short: two inguinal mamme. * 93. CAPRA.—Horns rough and angular; directed upwards and backwards: chin bearded: tail short: mamme two.
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