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MAMMALS 



CHAPTER XVI— CAnmvoRES,-continued. 

 Bears (Ursidaz).— 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 (diluropus)— Extinct Bear-like Genera, 



CHAPTER XVIL— Carnivores,— continued. 



The Raccoon Tribe (Procyonidoe).— Distinctive Features of Raccoons— Their Peculiar Distri- 

 bution—The Panda (JElurusy— Raccoons (Procyon)— Habits— Crab-Eating Raccoon— 

 Cacomistles (Basmris)— Coatis (Nasua)— The Kinkajou (Cercoleptes), . 



CHAPTER XVIII— Carnivores,— continued. 



The Weasel Tribe (MuMelidas)— Characteristics and Distribution— Tayra and Grison (Galirtit) 

 —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 

 (Pacilor/ale)— Glutton or Wolverene (Oulo)— The Skunks (Mephitis and Conepatus)— 

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

 Skunks — The Cape Polecat (Ictonyx)— Ferret-Badgers (Helictis)— liatcls (MellivoTu) — 

 Fossil Species — The American Badger (Taxidea)— Common Badges (Mir*) — 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— Clawleffl Otter — 

 African Otters -Spotted -Necked Otter— Extinct Otters— The Sea-Otter (Laiax), . 



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