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The sides of the snout and of the forehead, are black, as well as 

 the pencil which terminates the ears, these organs being bordered 

 with white. The upper part of the snout and the forehead are 

 white. Iris yellow. Belly gray, its hairs being entirely of that 

 colour and shorter than those of the upper parts. In another 

 specimen the sides of the snout, and the tail, its extremity ex- 

 cepted, are gray. This species is a native of Boutan. 



There is also a second species of Ictides described and figured, 

 the /. aier^ from Malacca. It differs from the preceding in size 

 and colour. Its size is that of a large Dog ; and its colour is 

 entirely black, with the exception of a few white hairs on the 

 forehead, in the pencil of the ears, and on the feet ; the upper 

 part of the snout is yellowish, and the eyes brown. 



The Panda, which forms the other connecting link to which 

 we have adverted between the Civets and the Bears, is known 

 only by the skin, containing the anterior portion of the jaws and 

 the feet, and by a drawing, both of which were sent from India 

 by M. Duvaucel. From these it is evident that it constitutes the 

 type of a new genus, termed by M. F. Cuvier, on account of its 

 external resemblance to a Cat, Ailurus, and to which only this 

 one species is yet referable, the trivial name assigned to it being 

 fulgens, from the brilliancy of its colours. 



The dentary system of the Ailurus is developed by M. F. Cuvier 

 at considerable length. The incisors, and the canine teeth are 

 those of the Carnivoi'U ; the former being six in number in each 

 jaw, and appearing to have been lobed when young. The supe- 

 rior canine teeth, instead of being curved like those of the Cats, 

 the Martens, and the Dogs, are nearly straight, resembling in 

 this respect those of the Racoons (Proci/on, Storr.) ; they are 

 trenchant posteriorly, and are marked with two longitudinal 

 grooves on each of their surfaces. The lower canine are slightly 

 curved, and are also longitudinally grooved. The molar teeth 

 remaining in the upper jaw are three in number. The first, which 

 almost touches the canine, is a false normal molar ; immediately 

 after this comes a true molar, having on its outer part three tuber- 

 cles placed in the longitudinal direction of the jaws, and separated 

 from each other only by a slight depression, the middle being the 



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