Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III CRITICAL AREAS IN LOWER ANIMALS The following eleven areas will be considered in lower animals: The Naso-frontal, Pectoral, Cervical, Axillary or Post-humeral, Inguinal, Spinal, Extensor Surface of the Ulna, Ventral and Lateral Surfaces of the Abdomen, Extensor Surface of the Thigh, Gluteal, and lastly the Side of the Flank. Naso-frontal. The nasal and frontal regions in diverse animal forms are so different in their relative size, and are so difficult to separate for a study of this kind, that they are here taken as one region. An animal nearly always goes head-foremost through its world, whatever that may be, and its snout meets a variety of opposing objects which cannot but modify the hairy covering. A very active use is also made of the muscles of the nasal region in lifting, turning and twisting the upper lip in such actions as those of browsing, sniffing and snorting. In many cases the varieties of hair-slope found here arise from the particular "pose" of the head which happens to predominate. Thus one of the CANIDiE or CERVIDE shows a pointed snout, and the attitude of such an animal's head is very near to the horizontal in both rest and motion. In this case the premaxillary and nasal region is that which first presents itself to the world of a Deer or a Dog. If a representative of the FELIDiE be taken, e.g., a Lion, with its short broad muzzle, it is seen that the prevailing attitude of the head is more directed downwards, the line of the muzzle forming nearly an angle of 45 with the ground. In an UNGULATE, LION Fig. 6.--Hair-streams On Nasal And Frontal Regions Op Red Deer, Lion And Domestic Horse. (Copied by permission from the-Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.) such as an Ox or Horse, the frontal...
