. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 480 PLACENTAL QUADEUPEDS. ber; some of them, however, are formidable from their strength and ferocity. The Zebra Wolf, or Native Tiger of the Australian colonists {Thy- lacinus * cynoce];jludusY), equals a large dog in size and strength, speci- mens having been found four feet in length, besides the tail, which is two more. It is nocturnal, like most beasts of prey, feeds on. ».~i,^UlX WOLF. Kangaroos and other inoffensive animals, and is hated hy the settlers for its depredations among the sheep that pasture on the jDlains. Th
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 480 PLACENTAL QUADEUPEDS. ber; some of them, however, are formidable from their strength and ferocity. The Zebra Wolf, or Native Tiger of the Australian colonists {Thy- lacinus * cynoce];jludusY), equals a large dog in size and strength, speci- mens having been found four feet in length, besides the tail, which is two more. It is nocturnal, like most beasts of prey, feeds on. ».~i,^UlX WOLF. Kangaroos and other inoffensive animals, and is hated hy the settlers for its depredations among the sheep that pasture on the jDlains. The colom- of this animal is yellowish brown, marked with transverse bauds. Sub-Class II. Placentall-^.j: Placental Quadrupeds.§ In the Placental Mammalia the young are born completely furnished with all their limbs, and for some time are nourished by milk derived from the maternal breast. They are classified as in the Table in the opposite page :— * QvKaKQs, th3dacos, a ijoudi; kvccv, kj^on, a dog. t Kvwv, Kvvos, kyon, kynos, a dog; K^cpaXr), cephale, a head. X Animals whose progeny are nom-ished by the intervention of a placenta, during the later stages of gestation. § Quatuor, four; pes, a foot;—a term generally applied to the 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 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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