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the ear, and two others longitudinal, first encircling 

 the muzzle, passing upwards between the eyes over 

 the nape, and gradually changing to a fine grey, re- 

 unite on the middle of the hack, having, the whole 

 distance, a broad white space between them, broader 

 and more intense in the male than in the female ; 

 the back itself is silvery grey, changing on the sides 

 to pale yellow ; the tip of the tail and the four ex- 

 tremities are black, each with five toes, and all arm- 

 ed with powerful long claws. The pair was harmless 

 to visitors, and had no offensive smell. There is a 

 Californian variety, with darker colours and finer fur, 

 which may be the Tlacoyotl of Hernandes. 



Sub-genus URSITAXUS. Bear Badger. Formed 

 by Mr. Hodgson, and described by him with teeth 

 B> i~i> f "I === 32 ; the molars strong, broad, low, 

 and furnished on the crowns with obtusely conical 

 processes; the tubercular of the upper jaw trans- 

 verse, narrow, sub-parallelogrammatic ; smaller than 

 the carnassial, and essentially a grinder ; no tuber- 

 cular in the lower jaw. The author indicates a 

 species from the Himalaya mountains, in the 19th 

 volume of the Transactions of the Asiatic Society, 

 and in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Sub-Genus ARCTONYX, F. Cuv. Balisaur, or 

 Sand Hog. Has the skull more expanded than 

 Mydaus, and in that character approaches more to 

 Taxidea. Dent. form, j, J-J, - = 32 ; the false 

 molars are one less in the lower jaw, and those that 

 remain are smaller ; the carnassial and true molar 

 nearly correspond with those of the badger; the 



