THE RACOON. 
Procyon Loror. Cvv. 
LARGER in size and more robust in stature than the 
Coatis, and approximating still more closely in their 
physical characters to the Bears, which may be consi- 
dered as the typical group of the plantigrade Carnivora, 
the Racoons naturally occupy an intermediate station 
between the playful, timid, and harmless little creatures 
just noticed, and the powerful, clumsy, and dangerous 
animals next to be described. Like both Bears and 
Coatis they have in each jaw six sharp incisors, two 
strong canines, and twelve cheek teeth, six on each side. 
But these latter differ from those of the Bears, inasmuch 
as the whole six form a regular series, the three anterior 
