7 8 4 



COMPENDIUM OF GENERIC DISTINCTIONS. 



Teeth. M. 



Genus. Grisonia. 

 44 



5-5 



Limbs. Feet with soles naked, gait partly planti- 

 grade. 



Tail. Hairy, partly " distichous." 

 Habitat. Brazil and Guiana. 

 Includes Galera. 



Genus. Mellivora. 



33 I* 



Teeth. I. - , C. - 



i i 



33 

 P. - , M. 



32. 



33 i i 44 

 Teeth. I. , C. . P. . 



33 i 1 33 i i 

 Only one tuberculate tooth on each side of upper 

 jaw. 



Limbs. Fore-feet armed with large and powerful 

 claws, all the feet short, and the gait plantigrade. 



Head. Short. 



Habitat. Africa and Asia. 



Genus. Gulo. 



I I 

 38- 



33 ! 1 44 22 



Head. Ears short and rounded. 

 Limbs. Gait nearly plantigrade. 

 Habitat. Northern Europe, Asia, and America. 

 Genus. Mephitis. 



44 

 Teeth. M. . An accessory tubercle in the 



f 



middle of upper laniary tooth. 



Tail. Moderate, and thickly covered with long 

 hair. 



Habitat. America. 



Genus. Mydaus. 



33 i 1 33 i I 

 Teeth. I. , C. , P. , M. = 32. 



33 i i 33 22 



Head. Muzzle much elongated, ears very small, 

 and buried in fur. 



Limbs. Fore-feet with large, compressed, and 

 nearly straight claws, gait nearly plantigrade. 



Habitat. Asia and Java. 



Includes Arctonyx. 



Genus. Meles. 

 33 i i 44 i i 



Teeth. I. , C. , P. , M. 36. 



33 i i 44 i i 

 Lower tuberculate teeth often missing. 



Limbs. Fore-feet with large digging claws gait 

 plantigrade. 

 Tail. Short. 



Habitat. Europe and Asia. 

 Genus. Lutra. 



3 3 i i 4 4 I I 



Teeth. I. , C. , P. , M. = 36. 



33 i i 33 22 

 Upper laniary teeth very large. 

 Head. Ears small, and set higher than the eyes. 

 Limbs. Feet short and webbed, middle toe the 

 largest. 



Tail. Moderate, rounded, but flattened beneath 

 and towards the tip. 



Habitat Europe and Asia. 



Genus. Enh^dra. 



3 3 

 Teeth. I. . 



2 2 



Head. Ears set at the side of the head, and be- 

 low the eyes. 



Limbs. Feet webbed, hair covering fore-feet, eve< 

 claws, external toe of hind-feet the largest. 

 Tail. Short. 

 Habitat. Kamschatka and Northern America. 



Family. tf RSID^E. 



Teeth. Upper jaw with two tuberculate teeth om 

 each side, lower jaw with either one or two tubercu- 

 late teeth. The laniary tooth resembling the tuber- 

 culates, the crown, however, being flattened. 



Limbs. Feet all with five toes, gait plantigrade. 



Genus. Ursus. 



33 ! r 44 22 

 Teeth. I. , C. , P. , M. = 42. 



33 



33 * i 44 



2 2 



Tuberculate teeth, , the last in the upper jaw 



2 2 

 and last but one in the lower being very large. 



Head. Ears small and erect ; muzzle elongated, 

 but blunt at extremity, and very movable. 



Tail. Very short. 



Habitat. Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. 



Includes all the Bears. 



Genus. Procyon. 



Teeth. I. 



33 



C. 



33 I' 



2 2 



44 22 



P. , M. 



44 22 



40. 



Tuberculate teeth, - . Laniary teeth of upper jaw 



i I 

 with conic tubercles. 



Head. Muzzle sharp. 



Tail. Moderate. 



Habitat. Northern America. 



Genus. Nasua. 



Teeth. Molars smaller than those of Pr6cyon, 

 but similar in arrangement. Canines compressed, 

 very sharp. 



Muzzle. Extremely elongated and movable. 



Limbs. Claws rather curved, long and corn* 

 pressed. 



Tail. Long. 



Habitat. Brazil and Surinam. 



Genus. Cercoleptes. 





3 3 i i 3 3 2 2 



33 i i 37 22 

 Head. Short, and face rounded; tongue long 



and very flexible. 

 Tail. Long and capable of being rolled round any 



object. 

 Habitat. Guiana and Peru. 



Genus. Ailurus. 



Teeth. Arrangement as in Cercoleptes. On each 

 side of upper jaw a false molar with one tubercle ; 

 two tuberculate teeth on each side below. 



Head. Ears small and rounded. 



Limbs. Claws semi-retractile, curved, and com- 

 pressed. 



Tail. Moderate, and very hairy. 



Habitat. Nepal. 



Family. 



Teeth. Incisors variable in number; canines often 

 wanting, their place being taken by false molars; 

 molars with sharp conical tubercles. 



Feet. Mostly with five toes, gait plantigrade. 



