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tooth with two points on its outer side ; head compressed, large ; 

 tongue demi-asperate ; tail long, flattened horizontally, tapering ; 

 feet palmated, nails crooked. 



L. Canadensis, Otter. 



L. Braziliensis of Harlam ! 



Mustela Hudsonica of Lacepede ! 



Mustela Lutra Braziliensis of Gmelin ! 



v.s.p. Length of body 3^ feet; tail 1| feet. Fur brown 

 or fawn colour, glossy, of two sorts, internally of waved and 

 shining brown, with long hairs brownish and black tipped. Sum- 

 mer pelage almost black ; winter pelage a reddish brown ; chin 

 and throat dusky white ; neck and head long; ears short and 

 approximate ; snout blunt ; legs short ; teats ventral ; on each 

 side of anus a small aperture leading to a sac containing a fsetid 

 secretion. An animal long confounded with the European species, 

 but pointed out by Captain Sabine as much larger, and differing 

 in other more essential respects. 



2nd Subdivision of Carnivora. 



Genus Canis. 

 Gen. char. Incisors |, canines |, molars -f-l = 40. Three false 

 molars above, four below, and two tuberculous teeth behind the 

 carnivora. The large superior carnivorous tooth has a small tu- 

 bercle on its inner side; posterior portion of the inferior one alto- 

 gether tuberculous ; muzzle variably elongate ; tongue soft ; ears 

 variably erect ; fore feet 5-dactyle ; hind feet 4-dactyle ; teats in- 

 guinal and ventral. 



C. luptis. Wolf. 



Canis Occidentalism Var, Griseo — Albus. Baird ! 



v.s.p. Length 5^ feet including tail; of tail 1 foot 5 in. ; 

 of ear 3j- inches. Fur reddish brown or pale, intermixed with 

 white hairs. The colour of the fur, moreover, varies considerably. 

 Tail bushy, pendant ; ears erect, acuminate ; legs long and very 

 muscular ; head moderately long and round ; hair on the neck 

 very long, and stands out like a fringe around the head ; teats in- 

 guinal and ventral ; eyes oblique, irides yellow ; feet very thick ; 

 toes strong; claws long and curved. 



C.fulvus. Red fox. 



Vuljyes fulvus, Var. fulvus. Baird ! 

 v.s.p. Length of body 2 feet; of tail 16 inches. Summer 

 pelage ferruginous on head, back and sides, less briUiant towards 



