Handbook to the Orders and Families of Living Mammals |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Key to Orders of Mammals | 38 |
Glossary | 236 |
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4/4 one premolar alisphenoid canal angular process articulating with scapula artiodactyls auditory bulla Bathyergidae bats bones braincase canal very large cheekteeth 4/4 cheekteeth tritubercular Compare coronoid process cranium crowns of cheekteeth cusps digit of forelimb digitigrade digits of hindfoot dorsal exposed on side extending anteriorly foramen for nerve forefoot frontal fused genera genus gliding membrane hallux humerus humerus with trochiter incisors infraorbital canal jugal lacrimal lacrimal foramen lateral and ventral lower incisors lower jaw mammals marsupials maxilla molars Muridae Mysticeti nerve passage Octodontidae Odontoceti opening anteriorly orbit paroccipital process pelage Pholidota pinnae posterior posteriorly postorbital process premaxilla premolars process of lower procumbent prominent pterygoid quadritubercular relatively large ridge lateral sagittal crest second digit separate foramen side of rostrum slender snout species supraorbital process symphysis tail long tail short teeth temporal fossa three molars tusk-like upper canines upper incisors upper molar usually vertebrae well-developed well-haired zygomatic arch zygomatic plate