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compressed. The tail is long, but the remainder of the exterior is 

 that of a Bear in miniature. They rest the whole sole of the foot 

 on the ground only when they are stopped ^ when they walk, they 

 raise the heel. 



P. lotor ; Ursus lotor, L.; Mapach of the Mexicans; Buff. 

 VIIIj xliii. (The Raccoon.) Greyish brown j muzzle white j 

 a brown streak across the eyes ; tail marked with brown and 

 white rings. This animal is about the size of a Badger, is 

 easily tamed, and remarked for a singular habit of eating 

 nothing it has not previously dipped in water. From North 

 America lives on eggs. Birds, Sec. 



P. cancrivorusf Ursus cancriv., L. ; Buff. Supp. VI, xxxii. 

 (The Raccoon Crab-eater.) A uniform light ash-brown; .the 

 rings on the tail less distinct. From South America. 



AiLURuS;, Fred. Cuv. 



The Panda appears to approximate to the Raccoon in its canini, 

 and what is known of its other teeth ; with this exception, that it has 

 only one false molar. The head is short; tail long; walk planti- 

 grade ; five toes with retractile claws.(l) One species only is known, 

 the 



^. refulgens, Fred. Cuv. Mammif.; Hardwick, Linn. Trans. 

 XV, p. 161. Size of a large Cat; fur soft and thickly set; 

 above of the most brilliant cinnamon red ; behind more fawn- 

 coloured ; beneath of a deep black. The head is whitish, and 

 the tail marked with brown rings. This most beautiful of all 

 known quadrupeds, and which inhabits the mountains of the 

 north of India, was sent to Europe by my son-in-law the late 

 M. Alfred du Vaucel. 



IcTiDES, Valen. 



The Benturong is somewhat related to the Raccoon by its teeth, but 

 the three upper back molars are much smaller and less tuberculous, 

 the last one in each jaw particularly, which is very small and nearly 

 simple. It is covered with long hair, and has a tuft at each ear. 

 The tail is long, hairy, and has a propensity to curl, as if prehensile. 

 This animal is also one of those from India, for the knowledge of 

 which we are indebted to the late M, du Vaucel. One species, is the 

 Jet. albifrons, Fr. Cuv., Ann. des Sc. Nat. IV, pi. i. Grey; 



tail and sides of the muzzle black; size, that of a large Cat. 



From Bootan. 



(1) General Hardwick has described the upper teeth of the Panda, Lin. Trans. 

 XV, pi. ii. There arc four square and tuberculous grinders, and one false tren- 

 chant molar in front, at a short distance from the canine. 



