The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . en themandibular rami; the cleidomastoid generally arises fromthe basi-occipit;il, and the pectoralis major is connectedwith the latissimus dorsi; in the Porcupines and Haresthe tendons of the flexor digitorum lougus and tlexoi hjUucis hiDgus are connected in the foot, while in theRats and Squirrels they are separate, and the Hexordigitorum longus is generally inserted into the
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . en themandibular rami; the cleidomastoid generally arises fromthe basi-occipit;il, and the pectoralis major is connectedwith the latissimus dorsi; in the Porcupines and Haresthe tendons of the flexor digitorum lougus and tlexoi hjUucis hiDgus are connected in the foot, while in theRats and Squirrels they are separate, and the Hexordigitorum longus is generally inserted into the hallucealmetatarsal. (See Dobson, Journ. Anal. Phys.,vo\. xvii.) I. HODEXT/A SlitPLICIDEXTATA., Rodents with two incisors only in the iipjicV jnw, liavin^f theirenamel confined to their front surf^ices. The incisive fornnnna and distinct; tlio libula does nrt articulate with tlie oacalcis; and the testes are abdominal, and descend periodically onlyiuto the inguinal can3,l. Section I. SciunoMonrnA. Zygomatic arch slender, chiefly formed by tlie malar,, which is not supported by a long maxillary process extending backwards beneath it; post-orbital processes present or absent; infra-orljital. Fio. 02.—Skull of Arclomy opening small (except -in Anomalurits) ; mandible with the angularpart arising from the interior surface of the bony socket of the lowerincisor ; clavicles well-developed ; fibula distinct. Family ]. Rodents, having their limbs connected by a cutaneouaexpansion supported by a cartilaginous jtrocess arising from theolecranon; with a long hairy tail having large scales on its inferiorsurface near its root; with sixteen pairs of rib?, and without post-orbital processes of the frontals; ?;))» \\ molars not tuherculale,with transverse enamel folds. Ethiopian.
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