. Outlines of zoology. Fig. 335.—Internal view of tortoise skeleton. humerus; SC.^ scapula running dorsally; PC, firecoracoid; C,coracoid; £C., epicoracoid carti-age; P., pubis; IL.^ ilium running dorsally tosacral vertebrae ; IS.^ ischium; DV., dorsal verte-bra fused in -carapace ; R.^ bead of a rib; CEV.^cervical vertebrge free; CA V., caudal vertebra free. World, but not in Australia. Indiet they are vegetarian. Thecommon tortoise (Tesitido gmca)and the nearly exterminated gianttortoises of the Mascarene andGalapagos Islands are good repre-sentatives. The latter may reachthe age of 150
. Outlines of zoology. Fig. 335.—Internal view of tortoise skeleton. humerus; SC.^ scapula running dorsally; PC, firecoracoid; C,coracoid; £C., epicoracoid carti-age; P., pubis; IL.^ ilium running dorsally tosacral vertebrae ; IS.^ ischium; DV., dorsal verte-bra fused in -carapace ; R.^ bead of a rib; CEV.^cervical vertebrge free; CA V., caudal vertebra free. World, but not in Australia. Indiet they are vegetarian. Thecommon tortoise (Tesitido gmca)and the nearly exterminated gianttortoises of the Mascarene andGalapagos Islands are good repre-sentatives. The latter may reachthe age of 150 years. Order Rhynchocephalia. The only living repre-sentative of this class isthe New Zealand Lizardor Tuatara — Hatteria{Sphenodon)punctata. Lizard- FlG. of Chelonianheart.—^After Huxley. , Right half of ventricle ; 3., septum;/.z/. half of ventricle ; , rightauricle ; /.a., left auricle ; , leftaortic arch ; , right aortic arch;^., pulmonary arch. RHYNCHOCEPHALIA. 619 like in appearance, it measures from one to two feetin length, has a compressed crested tail, is dull olive-greenspotted with yellow above and whitish below.* It is nowrare, but is preserved in some small islands off the NewZealand coast. It lives in holes among the rocks or insmall burrows, feeds on small animals, and is nocturnal inhabit.
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