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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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THE SAND-BEAR. 



WE have given the figure of this animal, drawn 

 from one kept in the Tower; of which we have not 

 been able to obtain any further description, than 

 its being somewhat less than the Badger, almost 

 without hair, extremely sensible of cold, and bur- 

 rows in the ground. From these circumstances, as 

 well as from the striking similarity of its figure to 

 that of the Badger, we are inclined to think it is a 

 variety of that animal, mentioned by naturalists 

 under the name of the Sow-Badger. 



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Its colour is a yellowish white; its eyes are small; 

 and its head thicker than that of the common Bad- 

 ger; jts legs are short; and on each foot there are 

 four toes, armed with sharp white claws. 



M. Brisson describes a white Badger, from New 

 York, so similar to this, that we suspect it to be the 

 same species. 



