_Truncated._ Appearing as if cut off._Tubicolar._ Inhabiting a tube. _Univalve._ With one shell or opening. _Ventral._ Belonging to the belly. _Vertebrated._ Having a jointed spine-bone. _Viscera._ The organs contained in the cavities of the body. _Viviparous._ Bringing forth the young alive. _Webbed._ Connected by a membrane, as the toes of aquatic birds. _Xylophagous._ Wood-eating. _Zoologists._ Writers on animated nature. _Zoology._ The history of animated nature. TABLE OF CONTENTS. BOOK I. QUADRUPEDS, OR FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS. POPULAR AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF THE ANIMALS DESCRIBED. ⁂ Where no synonyme is given, the Linnæan name is the only one in use; and when the synonymes are seldom used, they are marked thus *. When no Linnæan name is given, the animal was not described by Linnæus. SECTION I.--CARNIVOROUS, OR FLESH-EATING ANIMALS. English Name Linnæan Name Synonymes Page LION Felis Leo *Leo vulgaris.--_Leach_ 1 LIONESS Ibid. 7 TIGER Felis Tigris 9 LEOPARD Felis Leopardus 12 PANTHER Felis Pardus 13 OUNCE Felis Uncia.--_Schreb._ 14 OCELOT Felis Pardalis 14 HUNTING LEOPARD,} or CHEETAH } Felis jubata Cynailurus jubatus.--_Wag._ 15 JAGUAR Felis Onca 16 {Felis Puma.--_Trail_ } PUMA Felis concolor {*Leo Americanus.--_Her._} 18 {*Puma concolor.--_Jard._} COMMON LYNX Felis Lynx *Lyncus vulgaris.--_Gray_ 19 CANADIAN LYNX {Felis Canadensis.--_Geoff._} 19 {*Lyncus Canadensis.--_Gray_} CARACAL Felis Caracal.--_Schreb._ 20 DOMESTIC CAT Felis domestica 20 WILD CAT Felis Catus 22 DOGS {Canis familiaris and} 23 { var. } SHEPHERD’S DOG 23 BLOODHOUND 25 FOXHOUND 27 POINTER 28 MASTIFF 29