The cat - an introduction to the study of backboned animals, especially mammals (1881) (19963985704)

Title: The cat : an introduction to the study of backboned animals, especially mammals
Identifier: catintroduction00miva (find matches)
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900
Subjects: Cats; Anatomy, Comparative
Publisher: New York : Scribner's
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



Text Appearing Before Image:
CHAPTER II. THE CATS GENERAL FORM.—THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES. § 1. The cat's entire frame is divisible into head, neck, trunk, tail, and limbs, of which latter there are two pairs. Its body is every- where more or less closely invested by a firm skin, nevertheless this is loosely attached in certain parts and so forms folds here and there, as e.g., between the trunk and the elbow and knee respectively. Its skin is almost entirely clothed with hair, which is generally of moderate length, often being longer on the belly and tail than else-
Text Appearing After Image:
Fig. 1.—Cat's Muzzle, showing Vibrissa and Naked Skin about the Nostrils. where ; but the length of the hair varies, as we have seen, according to the breed to which different cats may belong. It is, however, always short on the paws and face. The hairs are directed backwards from the head to the tail, and, for the most part, downwards on the limbs. There are long hairs inside each ear and sometimes on its tip, and about a dozen very long and strong hairs—the whiskers or vibrissa—are placed on each upper lip. There are also a few long hairs over each eye, or eyebrows, but there are no eyelashes. The end of the nose, the lips, and the skin of the fleshy pads beneath the paws, are naked.