. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 82 VERTEBRATA : MAMMALIA. dental formula is, incisors jg, canines H? premolars and molars *~ or ||. The feet are digitigrade, with five toes before and four behind. The soles are densely hairy, with naked pads on the ball of the foot and under each toe. The cushion-like nature of the bottom of their feet enables these animals to noiselessly approach their prey, which they seize by a sudden spring. The true Cats have a long and tapering tail, which in the Lion is tufted, and the molars are g. Such are the Lion of Africa and Asia, an animal whose body
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 82 VERTEBRATA : MAMMALIA. dental formula is, incisors jg, canines H? premolars and molars *~ or ||. The feet are digitigrade, with five toes before and four behind. The soles are densely hairy, with naked pads on the ball of the foot and under each toe. The cushion-like nature of the bottom of their feet enables these animals to noiselessly approach their prey, which they seize by a sudden spring. The true Cats have a long and tapering tail, which in the Lion is tufted, and the molars are g. Such are the Lion of Africa and Asia, an animal whose body is eight feet long and whose body is of a tawny-yellow ; the Royal Tiger of India, even longer than the Lion, and of a lively FIG. Puma, Fdis concolor, Linnaeus. fawn color, beautifully striped with black; the Jaguar of South America, somewhat smaller than the Tiger, and of a brownish-yellow color beautifully marked with rosette- like figures on the sides ; the Panther of Africa and India, of a fawn color with six or seven rows of black spots or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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