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MAMMALIA. 
five toes ; nails sharp ; muzzle pointed ; ears small ■, tail long 
and pointed, with six ventral teats. 
Procyon lotor. — The Racoon. 
Plate IX. fig. 6. 
Fur grayish-brown ; muzzle white, with a brown streak across 
the eyes; tail long, bushy, alternately annulated, with dark gray¬ 
ish slate colour, and white ; back arched ; fore legs longer than 
the hind ones. Length about two feet; tail twelve inches. 
Inhabits Mexico, the West Indies, and South America. 
Genus 44 —Nasua. — Storr. 
Incisory teeth {>, canines J-J, grinders ; total 40. Under 
incisory teeth parallel; the three posterior grinders with tuber¬ 
cles ; feet with five toes, semi-palmate; nails strong; body 
long, thin ; nose elongated and moveable ; tail long •, teats six, 
ventral. 
Nasuafusca .— The Brown Coati. 
Plate XVII. fig. 1. 
Fur bright bay, smooth and soft; breast whitish; three white 
spots above each eye ; a longitudinal white line along the nose; 
hind legs long ; tail long, bushy, and annulated. About a foot 
long. Inhabits Brazil. 
Genus 45.— Cercoleptes. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character —Incisory teeth jj, canines J—grinders 
The two first incisors pointed in front, the three posterior 
tuberculated; body thin; head round; muzzle not produced ; 
tongue extensible; ears oval; feet large, membranous, five¬ 
toed ; claws armed with strong crooked nails •, tail long and 
prehensile, like that of the Sapajous. 
