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U. labiatus, Blainville, Desm. (Brmdypu* ursinus, Shaw.) Lips 

 extremely long and extensible; hair black; passing in some places 

 to brown. Size of the brown bear. India Shaw, i. pi. 47- 



U. Malay anus s Raffles. Malay Bear. Black, with a large heart- 

 4. shaped patch of yellowish white on the throat. Fur short and 

 smooth. Inhabits India. Horsfield's Java, No. 4. 



U. Thibetanus, F. Cuv. The Thibet Bear. Black, with the under 

 jaw white ; pectoral patch forked, and continued to the middle of 

 the belly. Inhabits Thibet. F. Cuv. Mam. 



U. spelosus, (fossil.) Blumen. Cuv. Forehead much elevated above 

 the root of the nose, presenting two convex projections. In calca- 

 reous caverns of Germany Cuv. Oss. Foss. iv. pi. 3. figs. 1, 2. 



U. Arctoideus, (fossil.) Blumen. Cuv. Cranium similar to that of the 

 black bear of America, but with less vertical elevation, and the 

 muzzle more elongated. Found in the same places as the fore- 

 going. Cuv. Oss. Foss. iv. pi. 3, figs. 3, 4. 



Gen. 65. PROCYON, Storr. Cuv. Desm, Ursus, Lin. 

 Incisors , canines ^-j, molars g- 40. Lower incisors on 

 the same line ; the three posterior molars tuberculous ; feet 

 pentadactyle ; nails sharp ; muzzle pointed ; ears small ; tail 

 long ; six ventral mammae. 



P. lotor, Cuv. Desm. ( Ursus lotor, Lin.) The Raccoon. Fur brown 

 gray ; muzzle white, with a brown streak across the eyes ; tail 

 annulated with brown and white. Body about two feet long. 

 Inhabits N. America, Mexico, and West Indies. Shaw, i. pi, 105. 

 Var. A. White where the others are gray or yellowish, and lively red where 

 they are black Var. B. With a brown spot on the throat Var. C. Body co- 

 vered above with thick white hair ; below with whitish yellow. 



P. cancrivorus, Geoff. Desm. ( Ursus cancrivorus, Cuv.) Fur 

 fawn-coloured, mixed with gray and black, pretty uniform above, 

 of a whitish yellow below ; annulations of the tail faintly marked. 

 About 2J feet long. Inhabits S. America. Buff. Suppl. vi. pi. 32. 



Gen. 66. NASUA, Storr. Cuv. Ursus, Briss. Viverra, Lin. 



Incisors f , canines -}, molars - = 40. Lower incisors on 

 the same line ; three posterior molars tuberculous ; feet pen- 

 tadactyle, armed with strong nails ; nose much prolonged, and 

 moveable ; tail long ; six ventral mammae. 



N. rufa, Desm. F. Cuv. The Red Coati. Fur generally of a bril- 

 liant red ; muzzle grayish black, with three white spots about 

 each eye. About a foot long. S. America F. Cuv. Mam. liv. 1. 



N. fusca, Desm. ( Viverra nasica, Lin.) The Brown Coati. Fur 

 brown or fawn-coloured above, of a yellowish-gray or orange yel- 

 low ; three white spots about each eye ; a longitudinal white line 

 along the nose. Size of the preceding. S. America. Schreb. 1. 1 18. 

 Var. A. Fur more fawn-coloured than brown. The Coati Mondi of Marcgrave. 





