. The cat : an introduction to the study of backboned animals, especially mammals. Cats; Anatomy, Comparative. 488 THE CAT. [chap, xiil The Felidje differ from the ViverridvE, in that in the Felidce : (1) The head is more rounded ; The limbs are generally longer in proportion to the trunk; The claws are generally more completely retractile ; The teeth are more sectorial, and the premolars and tubercular molars are fewer, there being never more than one tubercular molar (an upper one) in any living species; There are no conspicuous scent-glands ; There is no ali-sphenoid canal save in certain e
. The cat : an introduction to the study of backboned animals, especially mammals. Cats; Anatomy, Comparative. 488 THE CAT. [chap, xiil The Felidje differ from the ViverridvE, in that in the Felidce : (1) The head is more rounded ; The limbs are generally longer in proportion to the trunk; The claws are generally more completely retractile ; The teeth are more sectorial, and the premolars and tubercular molars are fewer, there being never more than one tubercular molar (an upper one) in any living species; There are no conspicuous scent-glands ; There is no ali-sphenoid canal save in certain extinct genera; The division of the bulla is hardly perceptible exteriorly, while the two chambers into which it is internally divided are not placed one quite behind the other; The carotid foramen is always very small, and the carotid canal indistinct, except in some extinct genera; (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (?) (8). Fig. 208.—Section of the Auditory Bulla of the Tiger (Flower). am. Meatus auditorius externus. BO. Basi-occipital, e. Eustachian canal, t c. The inner chambers. o c. The outer chamber. * The aperture of communication between the chambers. PL Petrosal. s. Septum. Sq. Squamosa (9) The par-occipital process (though applied to the bulla) may, in large species, develope a marked process ; (10) The meatus auditorius externus is never medianly fissured below. The Felidce differ from the Hy^enid^e in that: (1) Their head is more rounded; (2) Their claws are retractile; (3) The body does not droop so much posteriorly; (4) The teeth are more perfectly sectorial in form; (5) The premolars are less numerous;. 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 Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. New York : Scribner's
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