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Show 96 MAMMALIA. , '1 · 1 nrr but t h e remainder of the exterior is compressed. !he ~a~ IS o o!fhe rest the whole sole of the foot that of a Bear m mmtature. y t pped. when they walk, they . on the ground only when they are s o ' raise the heel. L • Mapach of the Mexicans ; Buff. . p, lotor; Ursus lotor, ·' -G . sh brown ; muzzle white; VIII, xliii. (The Raccoon.) .r:l marked with brown and a brown streak across .thele!es 'b ut the size of a Badger, is . Th. amma lS a o . . white rmgs. ts ed r a singular hab1t of eatmg d d remark JOr N easily tame ' an . 1 d' ed in water. F-rom orth h' 't has not preVIous y tpp not m.g 1 . s Birds, &.c. .. Amer1ca-hves on egg ' . L • Buff. Supp .. VI, :xxxu. . • Ursus cancnv., ·' P. cancrworus, er ) A uniform light ash-brown; the (The Raccoon Crab .. e~t . . From South America. rm. gs on the tail less d1stmct. AILURus, Fred. Cuv. . . . . to approx1. mat e to the Raccoon . m 1ts ca.m m, The Pand.a appears f 'ts other teet h ; W1· th this except10n, that 1t has . and what 1S known o 1 h d . hort. tail long; walk plantl· 1 The ea 1s s ' . only one false mo ar. .1 1 (l) One species only 18 known, grade; five toes with retractl e c aws. the M mmif. Hardwick, Linn. Trans. JJ.. refulgens, Fred.fCuv1. a Cat.'' fur soft and thickly set; s· e 0 a arge ' XV, P· 161. lZ • • • mon red; behind more fawn· above of the most brllhant c~;a k '.fhe head is whitish, and coloured; beneath of a deep . ac . T, his most beautiful of all . k d with brown rmgs. the tall mar e d which inhabits the .mountains of the known quadrupeds, an E by my son-in-law the late north of India, was sent to urope M. Alfred du Vaucel. IcTIDES, Valen. · . d to the Raccoon by its teeth, but The Benturong lS somewhat relate h maller ·and less tuberculous, the three upper bac~ molars.ar~ n;uc w~ich ois very small and nearly the last one in each JaW p.artlcu ar y,. d has a tuft at each ear. simple. It is covered wtth long hatr, a~ 1 as if prehensile. . d h propenstty to cur , The tail is long, hairy, an as a f I d' ~ r the knowledge of This animal is also one of those rom n tai o One species, is tbe which we are indebted to the late M. du VauceN t IV . I. i. Grey; Jet. albifrons, Fr. Cuv., Ann. des Sc.' a~ 'r pa large Cat. tail and sides of the muzzle black ; size, t at o From Bootan. (l) General Hardwick has descr1. bed the upper t eet h of the Padn da, Lfianls. eT rtarenn~· XV 'p1. .1.1 . There are four squa.rc and tuberculous • grinders, an one chant molar in front, at a short distance from the ca.nme. CARNARIA. 97 Jet. ater, Fr. Cuv. Mammif. Black ; muzzle whitish; size that of a stout Dog. From Malacca.(I) NAsuA, Storr . The Coatis, to the teeth, tail, nocturnal habit, and slow dragging gait of the Raccoon, add a singularly elongated and flexible snout. The feet are semi-palmate, notwithstanding which they climb trees. Their long claws are used for digging. They inhabit the warm climates of America, and their diet is nearly the same as that of the . Marten of Europe. Viverra nasua, L.; Buff. VIII, xi viii. (The Red Coati.) Reddish fawn colour; muzzle brown ;--tail with brown rings. Viv. narica, L.; Buff, VIII, xlviii. (The Brown Coati.) Brown, white spots over the eye and snout. • This is perhaps the only proper place for the singular genus of the KINKAJous or PoTTo, Cuv.-CEnooLEPTEs, Illig.-which, to a plantigrade walk, adds a long prehensile taillike that of the Sapajous, a short muzzle, a slender and extensible tongue, two pointed grinders before, and three tuberculous ones behind. Only one species is known, Viverra caudivolvula, Gm.; Butt Supp. III, 1; and better, Fr. Cuv. Mammif. From the warm parts of America and from the great Antilles, where it is called Potto; size of a Polecat; hair woolly, and of a grey or yellowish brown; habits nocturnal, of a mild disposition, imd lives on fruit, milk, honey, blood, &c. MELEs, Storr. The Badgers, which Linnreus placed with the Raccoons in the genus Ursus, have a very small tooth behind the canine, then two pointed molars followed in the upper jaw by one that we begin to recognize as carnivorous from the trenchant vestige it exhibits on its outer side; behind this is a square tuberculous one, the largest of all. Below, the penultimate begins to show a resemblance to the inferior carnivorous teeth, but as there are two tubercles on its internal border as elevated as its trenchant edge, it acts as a tuberculous one; the last below is very small. The slow movements of the Badgers and their nocturnal habits are like those of the preceding animals; their tails are short, the toes are much enveloped in the skin, and they are otherwise peculiarly distinguished by a sac under the tail, from which oozes a fatty, (1) Add l'iclide dorl, Fred. Cuy~ VoL. 1.-N |