Marsupialia or Pouched Animals (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ...curved, concave on the under surface and convex above; the two outer toes are the shortest and the central one is the longest. The hind-feet are furnished with one very large central toe, and an outer one, which is shorter and smaller, but, like the The small species are most frequently found in thickets, and it would appear, nearly resemble the hares in their habits. j-Professor Owen on the Osteology of the Maisupialia--Proceedings of the Zoological Society for October 1838, p. 140. first, armed with a large solid nail which is but slightly curved, convex, and sometimes keeled on the upper surface, and flat beneath: on the inner side of the foot are two small slender toes, united in one common integument, and having the appearance of a single toe--the nails however are separate, of small size, and hollow beneath; these nails I have repeatedly seen used by the animal to cleanse its fur. The tarsus is devoid of hair beneath, but covered with minute hardened tubercles--these are most distinct in those species which inhabit rocky situations. The ears are usually of moderate size, oval form, and tolerably well clothed with hair. The dental formula in the genus Macropus is as follows: --Incisors,; canines,;$; false molars; true molars, f;f=28. Such is the number of teeth generally found in the species of this genus, but in some species (M. giganteus, M. rufo-griseus, M. ruficollis, and M. fuliginosus, ) the anterior or false molar, we are informed by M. F. Cuvier, is wanting. In a skull of M. giganteus now before me, and which belonged to an animal not quite adult, the number of molars visible is J;; a second skull, belonging to an adult animal has;J molars, as described by M. F. Cuvier. In the first mentioned of these two skulls, the last...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ...curved, concave on the under surface and convex above; the two outer toes are the shortest and the central one is the longest. The hind-feet are furnished with one very large central toe, and an outer one, which is shorter and smaller, but, like the The small species are most frequently found in thickets, and it would appear, nearly resemble the hares in their habits. j-Professor Owen on the Osteology of the Maisupialia--Proceedings of the Zoological Society for October 1838, p. 140. first, armed with a large solid nail which is but slightly curved, convex, and sometimes keeled on the upper surface, and flat beneath: on the inner side of the foot are two small slender toes, united in one common integument, and having the appearance of a single toe--the nails however are separate, of small size, and hollow beneath; these nails I have repeatedly seen used by the animal to cleanse its fur. The tarsus is devoid of hair beneath, but covered with minute hardened tubercles--these are most distinct in those species which inhabit rocky situations. The ears are usually of moderate size, oval form, and tolerably well clothed with hair. The dental formula in the genus Macropus is as follows: --Incisors,; canines,;$; false molars; true molars, f;f=28. Such is the number of teeth generally found in the species of this genus, but in some species (M. giganteus, M. rufo-griseus, M. ruficollis, and M. fuliginosus, ) the anterior or false molar, we are informed by M. F. Cuvier, is wanting. In a skull of M. giganteus now before me, and which belonged to an animal not quite adult, the number of molars visible is J;; a second skull, belonging to an adult animal has;J molars, as described by M. F. Cuvier. In the first mentioned of these two skulls, the last...

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June 2012

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June 2012

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246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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74

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978-1-236-38101-9

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9781236381019

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1-236-38101-7



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