MAMMALS OF MINNESOTA. 



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FAMILY MUSTELINE. 



EXPLANATION OF FIG. 7. 



No. 1. 

 No. 2. 

 No. 3. 



N>. 4. 



Meles taxus- European Badger. No. 5. 



Conepatus suffocans -Brazilian sp. No 6. 



Oulo luscus Glutton. No. 7. 

 My dam telagon of Java. 



Lyncodon patagonicus 

 Galtetis barbata South America. 

 Ratelm capemis African Honey 

 Badger. 



Carnivorous mammals of various form and habits chiefly in- 

 teresting on account of the dense pelt which frequently becomes 

 an article of great commercial value. 

 The following technical characters may be first given: 

 Skull with paroccipital processes distant from bulla; mastoid processes 

 prominent, the various sutures usually closing very completely. Clavicles 

 rudimentary or absent; scaphoid and lunar carpals coalescent; digits 

 clawed. Limbs and tail free and perfect, the former adapted for terres- 

 trial progression. Placenta zonary, deciduous. Intestine without a cse- 



