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Any species of Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). See Musang.

An outer garment made of the skins of birds or mammals, worn by Eskimos, etc.

The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.

A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.

Same as Mammalia.

A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the seals and walruses; -- opposed to Fissipedia.

A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates.

rtaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.

A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.

The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.

A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog.

A ligament, of fascia, extending, in most mammals, from the ventral side of the ilium to near the symphysis of the pubic bones.

The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.

An order of large mammal

A genus of mammals including the raccoon.

Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra. -- n.

The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. B. G. Wilder.

er plate of the pterygoid process of the human skull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connected with the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the lower jaw. -- Pterygoid process (Anat.), a process projecting downward from either side of the sphen…

eveloped in Northwestern New Mexico, along the Rio Puerco, and are characterized by their mammalian remains.