American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... Mammalia , and order Pecora . The gene- ric character : horns covered with a brist- ly skin , bony and permanent ; in the low- er jaw eight teeth in front , and on each side the exterior tooth deeply bilobate . There is but one species ...
... Mammalia , and order Pecora . The gene- ric character : horns covered with a brist- ly skin , bony and permanent ; in the low- er jaw eight teeth in front , and on each side the exterior tooth deeply bilobate . There is but one species ...
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... Mammalia , of the order Pe- cora . The generic character : horns none ; six front teeth in the lower jaw , thin and broad ; the canine teeth distant , three in the upper jaw , and in the lower two ; upper lip divided . There are se- ven ...
... Mammalia , of the order Pe- cora . The generic character : horns none ; six front teeth in the lower jaw , thin and broad ; the canine teeth distant , three in the upper jaw , and in the lower two ; upper lip divided . There are se- ven ...
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... . They arise from the hol- low on each side under the os jugularis , in the os maxillare , and are inserted into the angle of the lips . CANIS , the dog , in natural history , a I genus of Mammalia , of the order Feræ . Generic CAN CAN.
... . They arise from the hol- low on each side under the os jugularis , in the os maxillare , and are inserted into the angle of the lips . CANIS , the dog , in natural history , a I genus of Mammalia , of the order Feræ . Generic CAN CAN.
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... Mammalia , of the order Feræ . Generic character : six upper foreteeth ; lateral ones longer , distant ; the inter- mediate ones lobate ; in the lower jaw six , lateral ones lobated ; tusks solitary and incurvated ; grinders six or ...
... Mammalia , of the order Feræ . Generic character : six upper foreteeth ; lateral ones longer , distant ; the inter- mediate ones lobate ; in the lower jaw six , lateral ones lobated ; tusks solitary and incurvated ; grinders six or ...
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... Mammalia , Plate V. fig . 1 . Another variety is the dingo , Australa- sian , or New Holland dog . Plate V. fig . 2. This dog does not bark so readily as the European dogs : its appearance much resembles the larger kind of the shep ...
... Mammalia , Plate V. fig . 1 . Another variety is the dingo , Australa- sian , or New Holland dog . Plate V. fig . 2. This dog does not bark so readily as the European dogs : its appearance much resembles the larger kind of the shep ...
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