20 MAMMALS. 



/. URSUS, Linnaeus. BEARS. 



1. U. americanus. Pallas. BROWN, BLACK OR Cix- 

 NAMON BEAR. Color, size, etc., exceedingly variable, 

 but the several forms or varieties intergrade perfectly. 

 N. Am. 



FAMILY V. PROCYONID^E. 



(The Raccoons.) 



Plantigrade Carnivora of moderate size, with the body 

 comparatively slender and the tail well developed. Teeth 

 40. Snout more or less elongated; no cdecum. Genera 

 two, Nasua, the Coatimundi of Mexico, and the follow- 

 ing, all American. 



/. PROCYON, Storr. RACCOON. 



1. P. loior, (L.) Storr. COMMON RACCOON. " COON." 

 Grayish white; hairs black-tipped; tail with black rings. 

 U. S.; abundant. 



OEDEE B.-UIsTGULATA. 



(The Hoofed Mammals). 



FAMILY VI. CERVID^E. 



(The Deer). 



Horns deciduous, solid, developed from the frcntal 

 bone, more or less branched, covered at first by a soft, 

 hairy integument, known as "velvet"; when the horns 

 attain their full size, which they do in a very short time, 

 there arises at the base of each a ring of tubercles known 

 as the "burr; " this compresses and finally obliterates the 



