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$Unique_ID{QAD00120}
$Pretitle{}
$Title{Genus Canis.--Linnaeus}
$Subject{Genus Canis. --Linnaeus; Canis; }
$Journal{Quadrupeds of America: Volume II}
$Volume{Vol. 2:126}
$Genus{Canis}
$Species{}
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Portions copyright (c) Creative Multimedia Corp., 1990-91, 1992
A U D U B O N ' S M A M M A L S
By John James Audubon, F. R. S., &c. &c.
AND
The Rev. John Bachman, D. D., &c. &c.
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VOL. II.
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GENUS CANIS.--Linnaeus.
DENTAL FORMULA.
6 1-1 6-6
Incisive -; Canine ---; Molar --- = 40.
6 1-1 6-6
The three first in the upper jaw, and the four in the lower trenchant but
small, and called also false molars. The great carnivorous tooth above
bi-cuspid, with a small tubercle on the inner side, that below with the
posterior lobe altogether tubercular, and two tuberculous teeth behind each of
the great carnivorous teeth. Muzzle, elongate; tongue, soft; ears, erect,
(sometimes pendant in the domestic varieties.) Fore feet, pendactylous; hind
feet, tetradactylous. Teats, both inguinal and vental.