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Fig. 152. — Raccoon. 



The Syrian, the Malay, and the sloth bear of India are 

 others of this interesting family. All are famous honey 

 lovers and robbers of bees (Fig. 150). Allied to the bears 

 are the raccoon (Fig. 

 152) and the inter- 

 esting night animal, 

 the raccoon fox (Fig. 



153)- 

 The dogs, foxes, 



and wolves consti- 

 tute a well-known 

 group. They have 

 a wide range, being 

 found nearly all over the world. Even on the islands of 

 San Nicolas and Santa Catalina, off the Pacific coast, a 

 little fox is found. It resembles the common fox of the 

 mainland, but is smaller. The Arctic fox is a rare and 

 beautiful form, pure white in winter and brown in summer. 

 It lives in burrows, twenty or thirty together. The gray, 



prairie, silver, coast, 

 and cross foxes are 

 others more or less 

 familiar. 



The wolf, a huge 

 form (Fig. 154), is 

 confined to the moun- 

 tains of the South- 



FiG. 153. -RACCOON Fox. ^gg^ ^^^ ^Q ^^g 



wooded regions of Europe and Asia. It is a fierce, preda- 

 tory animal, with far greater courage than the lion or 

 tiger. It attacks man or beast, and is possessed of an 



