. Comparative zoology, structural and systematic. For use in schools and colleges. Zoology. m COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. telope are solid, horny, and permanent; in the Goat, Sheep, and Ox they are hollow, horny, and permanent. 11. Oaniivores, or Beasts of Prey, may be recognized by their four long, curved, acute, canine teeth, the gap between the incisors and canines in the upper jaw for the reception of the low- er canine, and mo- lars graduating from a tuberculate to a trenchant form in proportion as the diet deviates from a miscellaneous kind to one strictly of flesh. The incisors, with rare exce
. Comparative zoology, structural and systematic. For use in schools and colleges. Zoology. m COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. telope are solid, horny, and permanent; in the Goat, Sheep, and Ox they are hollow, horny, and permanent. 11. Oaniivores, or Beasts of Prey, may be recognized by their four long, curved, acute, canine teeth, the gap between the incisors and canines in the upper jaw for the reception of the low- er canine, and mo- lars graduating from a tuberculate to a trenchant form in proportion as the diet deviates from a miscellaneous kind to one strictly of flesh. The incisors, with rare exceptions, number six in each jaw. The teeth are lodged in distinct sockets, and covered with enamel. There are always two sets. The skull is com- paratively small, the jaws are shorter and deeper than in Un- gulates, and there are numerous bony ridges on the inside and outside of the cranium — the high occipital crest being specially characteristic. The cerebral hemispheres are joined by a large corpus callosum, but the. Fig. 337.—Wolf {Lvpus occidentalis). Uniterl. 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 Orton, James, 1830-1877. New York, Harper and brothers
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