CONTENTS 



MAMMALS 



CHAPTER XVI. CARNIVORES, continued. 



BEARS (Ursidce). General Characteristics Distribution The Typical Bears (Ursus) Polar 

 Bear Brown Bear Crowther's Bear Grizzly Bear American Black Bear Hima- 

 layan Black Bear Spectacled Bear Malayan Bear Extinct Cave-Bear The Sloth- 

 Bear (Melursus) The Parti-Coloured Bear (dtturopus) Extinct Bear-like Genera, 



CHAPTER XVII. CARNIVORES, continued, 



THE RACCOON TRIBE (Procijonidce). Distinctive Features of Raccoons Their Peculiar Distri- 

 bution The Panda (^lurus) Raccoons (Procyori) Habits Crab-Eating Raccoon 

 Cacomistles (Bassaris) Coatis (Nasua) The Kinkajou (Cercoleptes), 



CHAPTER XVIIL CARNIVORES, continued. 



THE WEASEL TRIBE (Mustelidce) Characteristics and Distribution Tayra and Grison (Galictis) 

 Martens, Polecats, and Weasels (Mustela) Pine-Marten Beech-Marten Sable 

 American Marten Fisher-Marten Indian Marten Polecat Sarmatian Polecat 

 Black-Footed Polecat Ferret Weasel Stoat or Ermine Other Species Extinct 

 Forms Mink Its Fur in commerce Siberian Mink South African Weasel 

 (Pcecilogale) Glutton or Wolverene (Gulo) The Skunks (Mephitis and Conepatus) 

 Common Skunk Long-Tailed Skunk Lesser Skunk White-Backed Skunk Fossil 

 Skunks The Cape Polecat (Ictonyx) Ferret-Badgers (Helictis) Ratels (Mellivord) 

 Fossil Species The American Badger (Taxidea) Common Badger (Meles) The 

 Malayan Badger (Mydaus) The Sand-Badger (Arctonyx) Otters (Lutra) European 

 Otter Habits Tame Otters Otter-Hunting North American Otter Brazilian 

 Otter Feline Otter Smooth Indian Otter Hairy-Nosed Otter Clawless Otter- 

 African Otters -Spotted -Necked Otter Extinct Otters The Sea-Otter (Latax\ . 



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