Fruit and bread, a scientific diet . Fig. 2.—Teeth of the Gorilla (Frugivorous). The food depends somewhat upon the lo-cality, and consists of the various fruits, corn,small grains, and nuts. To this class belong theentire family of the Catarrhine monkeys,including the gorilla, orang, chimpanzee, gibbon,and other genera. Besides these, there arealso fruit and grain eating bats and Marsupials,the teeth of which correspond to those ofthe other Frugivora. The Hodentia.—The Rodentia is a pecu- THE IiODEXTIA. 21 liar order of animals, characterized by twovery long and strong teeth in each jaw,which
Fruit and bread, a scientific diet . Fig. 2.—Teeth of the Gorilla (Frugivorous). The food depends somewhat upon the lo-cality, and consists of the various fruits, corn,small grains, and nuts. To this class belong theentire family of the Catarrhine monkeys,including the gorilla, orang, chimpanzee, gibbon,and other genera. Besides these, there arealso fruit and grain eating bats and Marsupials,the teeth of which correspond to those ofthe other Frugivora. The Hodentia.—The Rodentia is a pecu- THE IiODEXTIA. 21 liar order of animals, characterized by twovery long and strong teeth in each jaw,which occupy the place of the incisors andcanines. Back of these there is a toothlessspace, and then four or. five molars, which,when they have a roughened crown, indicatea vegetable, but when pointed, an insectiv-. Fig. 3.—Teeth op the Hare (a Rodent or Gnawer). r orons, diet. Their principal foods are grainsand seeds of all kinds, and with these oftenfruits, nuts and acorns. To this order belongthe families of the squirrel, marmot, allspecies of mice, the beaver, porcupine, hare,and others. An especial dietetic, subdivision of theKodentia is the lihizophaga, or root-eaters, 22 THE EDENTATA AND CARNTVORA. which includes some species of the Mar-supials, and of mice. The food often consistsexclusively of the roots of the beet, carrot,celery and onions. The Edentata.—The Edentata, or toothlessorder of the Phytophaga, have, sometimes,though rarely, rudimentary back teeth. Theirfood consists of leaves, blossoms, buds, andjuicy stalks. Some also devour insects, espe-cially ants. To this order belong the sloth,armadillo, pangolin, and great ant-eater. The Carnivora.—The second great dieteticclass of the animal kingdom is that of theZoophaga, or flesh-eaters, the teeth of whichare wholly different
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