. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 90 MAMMALIA. whicli has itself a large internal process. They are carnivorous animals, but not preda- tory in proportion to their strength, and often feed on carrion. They have all a small cœcum. The Dogs {Cants, Lin.)— Have three false molars above, foiir below, and two tuberculous grinders behind each carnivorous tooth. The first of these upper tuberculous molars is very large. Their superior carnivorous tooth has only a smaU internal tubercle ; but the inferior one has its hinder portion altogether tuberculous. The
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 90 MAMMALIA. whicli has itself a large internal process. They are carnivorous animals, but not preda- tory in proportion to their strength, and often feed on carrion. They have all a small cœcum. The Dogs {Cants, Lin.)— Have three false molars above, foiir below, and two tuberculous grinders behind each carnivorous tooth. The first of these upper tuberculous molars is very large. Their superior carnivorous tooth has only a smaU internal tubercle ; but the inferior one has its hinder portion altogether tuberculous. The tongue is soft ; the fore-feet have five toes, and the hind-feet [in general] only four. [The cœcum is of a peculiar spiral form.] The Domestic Dog (C. familiar is, lAn.)—Distinguished by its recurved tail, but otherwise varying infinitely with respect to size*, form, colour, and quality of the hair. It is the most complete, the most singular, and useful conquest ever made by Man ; the whole species having become his property : each individual is devoted to its particular master, assumes his manners, knows and defends his property, and remains attached to him until death ; and all this, neither from constraint nor want, but solely from gratitude and pure friendship. The swiftness, strength, and scent of the Dog have rendered him a powerful ally to Man against other animals, and were even, perhaps, necessary to the establishment of society. It is the only animal which has followed Man all over the world. Some naturalists think the Dog is a Wolf, and others that he is a domesticated Jackal ; but those which have become wild on desert islands resemble neither one nor the other, t The wild Dogs, and those which belong to savages, such as the inhabitants of Australia, have straight ears, whence has arisen a belief that the European races, nearest to the original type, are our Shepherd^s Dog and Wolf Dog ; but com- parison of the crania indicates a closer approach on the part
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