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THE BEAR TRIBE. Upper front teeth six, alternately 

 hollowed within : lower front-teeth six, the two lateral ones 

 longer than tne rest, and lobed with smaller or secondary 

 teeth at their internal bases : canine-teeth solitary : grinders 

 five in the upper, and six in the lower jaw, the former ap- 

 proximating to the canine-teeth : tongue smooth : eyes fur- 

 nished with winking membranes: snout prominent. URSUS. 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. gen. 16, i.'p. 100. 



Toes five on each foot, both before and behind. The 

 whole sole of the foot applied to the ground in walk- 

 ing. W. B. 



18. THE BADGER. Tail of the same colour as the body, 

 which is grey above, and black below : a longitudinal black 

 band through the ears and eyes. Ursus meles. Linn. 



Length, to the origin of the tail, about 2 feet ; and of the tail 6 

 inches. Weight from 15 to 25, and sometimes even 30lb. Head some- 

 what like that of a dog. Eyes small. Ears short and rounded. Neck 

 short, and closely covered with hair. Whole body thick and clumsy, 

 covered with long and coarse hairs that almost resemble bristles. 

 Legs very strong, but so short that the belly seems to touch the 

 ground. Each foot has five toes armed with claws, of which those 

 on the fore feet are longer and more stout than those of the hinder 

 ones, immediately below the tail there is a narrow transverse orifice, 

 which opens into a kind of pouch : from this is exuded a white sub- 

 stance, of very fetid smell. 



Nose, chin, lower sides of the cheeks, and middle of the foreltead 

 white. Along each side of the head runs a black, pyramidal mark, 

 which includes the ears and eyes. Each ef the long hairs of the body 

 is of three colours : dirty yellowish white at the bottom, black in the 

 middle, and cinereous or grey at the ends. The hair that covers the 

 tail is very long, and of the same colour as that of the body. The 

 throat, and- all the under parts, as well as the legs and feet, are 

 black, W. B. 



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