GULO ORIENTALIS. 



Ord. III"^ Caknassiers, Cuvier. 



3"^ Famille. Les Carnivores. 



V^ Tribu, Plantigrades. 

 Ord. III. FERiE, Linn. Syst. 

 Ord. XII. Falculata, Illiger. 



Fam. 34, Plantigrada. 



GULO, Ston\ C7W. Illig. 

 MusTELA, Linn. 

 Ursus, Limi. Gmel. 

 Meles, Bodd. Desm. 

 Mellivora, Storr. 



Char. Gen. — Dentium fornmla; Primores \, Laniarii \, Mokires ^ seu ^ sen ^. 

 Primores utrinque 6, supra externus utrinsecus major, infra secundus exteriore inte- 

 rior. Laniarii longi, conici, acuti. 3Iolares supra utrinsecus 5, (aliis 4), penultimus 

 maximus, gradu laterali antico vtnituberculato auctus; postremus tritorius, trans- 

 versus : infra 6, (aliis 5), penultimus maximus medio bicuspidatus antice gradu 

 acuto postice margins tritorio auctus ; postremus parvus tritorius. 



Rostrum acutum. Mhinaritcm prominulum. Lingua aliis laevis aliis scabra. Auri- 



culce breves. 

 Corpus pilosum. Cauda mediocris aut brevis, laxa. 

 Pedes plantigradi, pentadactyli. Plantes nudas. Ungues : falculae, acutag, compresste 



fossorise. 



Gulo fuscus, corpore elongate, cauda medidcri, gutture pectore genis maculaque 



verticis ad dorsum longitudinaliter extensa flavicantibus. 

 Nyenteli, of the Javanese. 



The various species of Gulo which have hitherto been discovered, inhabit 

 the northern countries of both Continents, the equinoctial and temperate regions of 

 America, and in Africa, Guinea and the Cape of Good Hope. In arranging 

 in this genus an animal found m a country remote from all these, where its 



