CONTENTS 



MAMMALS 



CHAPTER XVI.— Carnivores,— contin w d. 



Bears (Ursidce). — General Characteristics -Distribution — The Typical Bears ( Ursus) — Polar 

 Bear — Brown Bear — Crowther's Bear — Grizzly Bear — American Black Bear — Hima- 

 layan Black Bear — Spectacled Bear — Malayan Bear — Extinct Cave-Bear — The Sloth- 

 Bear (Melursus) — The Parti-coloured Bear (jEluropus) — Extinct Bear-like Genera, 



CHAPTER XVII.— Carnivores,— continued. 



The Raccoon Tribe (Procyonidce). — Distinctive Features of Raccoons — Their Peculiar Distri- 

 bution — The Panda (dMurus) — Raccoons (Procyon) — Habits — Crab-Eating Raccoon — 

 Cacomistles (Bassaris) — Coatis (Nasua) — The Kinkajou (Cercoleptes), 



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CHAPTER XVI II. — Carnivores,— continued. 



The Weasel Tribe (Mustt lidce) ( lharacteristies and Distribution — Tayra and Grison (Galictis) 

 — Martens, Polecats, and Weasels (Mustela)- Pine-Marten — Beech-Marten — Sable — 

 American Marten — Fisher-Marten — Indian Marten — Polecat — Sarmatian Polecat — 

 Black-Footed Polecat —Ferret— Weasel— Stoat or Ermine— Other Species— Extinct 

 Forms — Mink— Its Fur in commerce — Siberian Mink — South African Weasel 

 (Poscilogale) — Glutton or Wolverene (Gulo) — The Skunks (Mqihitis and Conepatus)— 

 Common Skunk— Long-Tailed Skunk- -Lesser Skunk— White-Backed Skunk— Fossil 

 Skunks — The Cape Polecat (Ictonyx) — Ferret-Badgers (Helictis) — Ratels (Mellivora) — 

 Fossil Species — The American Badger (Taxidea) — Common Badger (Miles) — The 

 Malayan Badger (Mydaus) — The Sand-Badger (Arctonyx) Otters (Lutra)— European 

 Otter — Habits — Tame Otters — Otter-Hunting North American Otter — Brazilian 

 Otter — Feline Otter — Smooth Indian Otter — Hairy-Nosed Otter — Clawless Otter — 

 African Otters Spotted Necked Otter -Extinct Otters— The Sea-Otter (Latax), . 



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