20 MAMMALS. 



/. URSUS, Linnaeus. Bears. 



1. U. americanus. Pallas. Browx, Black oe Cix- 

 NAMOX Bear. Color, size, etc., exceedingly variable, 

 but the several forms or varieties intergrade perfectly. 

 N. Am. 



FAMILY v.— PROCYONID^. 



(TJce Mac ('<)()} in.) 

 Plantigrade Carnivora of moderate size, with the body 

 comparatively slender and the tail well developed. Teeth 

 40. Snout more or less elongated; no coecum. Genera 

 two, — N^asua^ the Coatimundi of Mexico, ai:d the follow- 

 ing, all x\merican. 



/. PROCYON, Storr. Raccoon. 



1. P. loior, (L.) Storr. Commox Raccoox. " Coox." 

 Grayish w^hite; hairs black-tipped; tail with black rings. 

 U. S.; abundant. 



OEDEE B.-UXGULATA. 



{The Hoofed Mammals). 



FAMILY VI. — CERVID^. 



{The Deer). 

 Horns deciduous, solid, developed from the frcntal 

 bone, more or less branched, covered at first by a soft, 

 hairy integument, known as "velvet"; when the horns 

 attain their full size, which they do in a very short time, 

 there arises at the base of each a ring of tul)ercles known 

 as the "burr; " this compresses and finally obliterates the 



