238 NASiriD^. 



Ursifoi-m Sloth, Pemuint, Quad. ii. p. 243, t. 92. 

 Petre Bear, Canton, Figures of Animals, t. 



Ours Jongleur, F. C'ltv. Mamm. Lithog. t. ; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv 

 p. 320, t. 23. f. 6 : Belametherie, Journ. de Phys. 1792, 1. 136. f. 1. 



Eah. India, plains (Syhes) ; Southern Mahratta country (Elliot) ; 

 Nepaul (Hodgson) ; Benares (Pennant) ; Dukhun. 



Skull : — Nose broad, rather flattened above, rather wider than the 

 forehead between the orbits; nasal opening broader than high. 

 Forehead rounded, regularly sloping down before and behind. Orbits 

 oblong-ovate. The chin very long, sloping ; the lower edge of lower 

 jaw straight. The upper cutting-teeth four; the inner ones ab- 

 sorbed ; the outer on each side larger. The last upper grinder 

 oblong, almost as long as and narrower than the upper flesh-tooth. 

 The palate broad, concave, bent up in front of the canine, broader 

 behind, especially in the line of the hinder grinder, rather contracted 

 behind towards the hinder aperture of the nostrils. The nose-aper- 

 ture broad, with a thin transverse edge ; the sides not quite as long 

 as the width of the aperture. The zygomatic arches most prominent 

 at the hinder end, rather in front of a line with the condyles. 



Fam. 2. NASUID^E. 



Nose elongated, produced, truncated; the underside rounded, 

 rather bald, without any central longitudinal groove. Body and 

 limbs moderate. Tail elongate, hairy, black-ringed. Teeth 40. 



NASUA. 



Head elongate, tapering. Nose elongate, produced; underside 

 roimded, without any groove. Nostrils in front of the muffle, and 

 reaching only haKway along its sides ; upper surface of muffle twice 



