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nat.), the anterior process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See Axis.

A peculiar mammal (Okapia johnostoni) closely related to the giraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Kongo in 1900. It is smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that the neck is much shorter. Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws. There is a small prominence on each frontal bone of the male.…

A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds.

In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.

A half oviparous, or an oviparous, mammal; a marsupial or monotreme.

An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball.

Inflammation of the testicles.

certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.

A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less related to the camel, hog, and deer.

A genus of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, but having four toes in front and three behind.

The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly.

Inflammation of bone.

Inflammation of a bone and its periosteum.

Inflammation of the ear.

Inflammation of the ovaries.

y to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes.

The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during menstruation.

A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group.

Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.

Any one of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals of the genus Paguma. They resemble a weasel in form.