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rows of small spots on the loins ; spot on each side 

 of the tail ; and large pencil at the tip white. In- 

 habits North America. 



Mr. Gray places others, with similar dentitions, 

 under the sub-generical name of 



CONEPATUS. They have the hind feet large, 

 broad; the bald soles half the length of the feet, 

 oblong, broad, rugose, and warty, rounded behind, 

 scarcely divided into smaller pads ; front claws very 

 long ; tail short, bushy, sub-cylindrical. 



Conep. Humboldtii. Meph. Conepat. Desm. 

 Black, with some longer shining hairs ; broad white 

 band on each side the back, united over the crown ; 

 tail very bushy, white, with some of the hairs having 

 long black tips. Var. fur softer, brown, with the 

 white band continued on the base of tail ; may be 

 the summer coat. Inhabits the Straits of Magellan. 



Sub -genus MARPUTIAS. Teeth of mephitis ; hind 

 feet moderate ; bald soles to the heel ; front claws 

 elongate ; tail rather short ; nose acute, produced ; 

 fur bristly, close pressed. 



