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convex, the fur browner, more or less woolly when young, and growing 

 smoother with age. Some are greyish, others almost yellow, and a third kind 

 is brown with shades bordering on silver ; when young they have commonly 

 a whitish collar, which in some varieties remains for life. Their haunts are 

 lofty mountains, and the great forests of the North of Europe and great 

 part of Asia. 



U. Americanus, Gm. (The North American Black Bear.) A very dis- 

 tinct species, with a flat forehead, smooth and black fur, and fawn-coloured 

 muzzle. We have always found the small teeth behind the canini more 

 numerous in this bear than in the European species. Individuals have been 

 seen that were entirely fawn-coloured. Its usual food is wild fruits ; it devas- 

 tates the fields, and, where fish is abundant, proceeds to the shores for the 

 purpose of catching it. It is only for want of other aliment that it attacks 

 quadrupeds. The flesh is held in great esteem. Various species are known, 

 such as the Polar Bear, Thibet Bear, Malay Bear, and the Grisly-Bear. The 

 East Indies also produce several species of bears, of a black colour, the most 

 remarkable of these, the 



U. lahiatus. L. (the thick-lipped bear), has the cartilage of the nose dilated, 

 the tip of the under lip elongated, both being moveable; the incisors being 

 easily lost, it was long considered as a Sloth. This animal is a great 

 favourite with Indian jugglers on account of its deformity. 



PROCYON, Storr. 



The Raccoons have three back tuberculous molars, the superior of which are 

 nearly square, and three pointed false molars in front, forming a continuous 

 series to the canines, which are straight and compressed. The tail is long, 

 but the remainder of the exterior is that of a bear in miniature. They rest 

 the whole sole of the foot on the ground only when they stand still ; when 

 they walk, they raise the heel. 



P. lotor. (The Raccoon). Greyish brown; muzzle white; a brown 

 streak across the eyes ; tail marked with brown and white rings. This 

 animal is about the size of a badger, is easily tamed, and remarked for a 

 singular habit of eating nothing it has not previously dipped in water. From 

 North America lives on eggs, birds, &c. 



AILURUS, Fred. Cmrier. 



The Panda appears to approximate to the Raccoon in its canini, and what is 

 known of its other teeth ; with this exception, that it has only one false molar. 

 The head is short; tail long; walk plantigrade; five toes with retractile 

 claws. One species only is known, the 



A, refulgens, Fred. Cuv. Size of a large cat ; fur soft and thickly set ; 

 above of the most brilliant cinnamon red; behind more fawn-coloured; 

 beneath of a deep black. The head is whitish, and the tail marked with 

 brown rings. From the north of India. 



