Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (V. 30 1887)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...of the alisphenoid with the jugal. Incisors of upper jaw (4) contiguous, inner large and conic; of lower (2) contiguous and opposed to large upper teeth: canines of lower jaw normal. Pes with the second and third toes armed with subulate nails; rest with flattened pointed nails. TABSIIDAE. (VII.) II. Teeth of two kinds, the oanines being early deciduous. Incisors, gliriform, continually reinforced from the formative pulp; the fangs very long, those of the lower jaw extending backwards to the base of the coronoid processes. Inguinal teats only developed.--Manus with the middle finger very attenuated, and provided with a narrow scooped nail; rest of nails (except of thumb of pes) similar, subulate. (Daubentonioidea.) DAUBEHTOirilDAE. (VIII.) SUPEB-FAMILY LEMT/BOIDEA. VI. LEMTTRIDAE. SU-B-PAMIIilES. I. Teeth 30; i.e.M P.M. C. I. tx2. INDBISnfAE. (A.) II. Teeth 36 (exceptionally 32); i. e. M. f P.M. f C. I. x2 (exceptionally, I. a in adult). A. Tarsus short or of moderate length. 1. Hind limbs considerably longer than the fore. Neural spines of last dorsal and lumbar vertebrae inclined forwards. Ears (in typical forms) moderate, with the anterior portion of the helix well developed, folded over the fossae of the concha and antihelix, and with the tragus and antitragus distinot. Tail elongated, not less than two-thirds the length of body. LEMTOINAE. (B.) 2. Hind and fore limbs sub-equal, or fore ones shorter. Neural spines of dorsal and lumbar vertebrae inclined backwards. Ear (in typical forms) small, with the helix little marked, and tragus and antitragus obsolete. Tail short (always shorter than half the length of the body), rudimentary, or absent. (Mivart.) NYCTICEBINAE. (C.) B. Tarsus very long; calcaneum more than one-third the...