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Fig. 94. — Tayra {Tayra tayru). — By permission of W. S. Berridge, London. 



weasels are absent, but their place is taken by the Grison 

 {Galera vittata) and Tayra {Tayra tayra) and in the far south 

 Lyncodon patagonicus. These animals are peculiar in having 

 a lighter colouration on the back than on the belly. There 

 are two or three species of otter (Lutra). The raccoons 

 (Procyon) have a very wide range in South America, as in the 



Fig. 95. — Kinkajou {Potos caudivolvulus), Central America. —By permission of 

 W. S. Berridge, London. 



