OF THE EUROPEAN AND AMEEICAN BADGERS. 



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Innd foot, but tins area is larger than in Meles and the hairy area 

 up to the heel is shorter. 



The fore foot of Taxidea resembles that of 2Ieles in general 



Text-fiOTire 20. 



A. Right hind foot of Meles meles. 



B. Right fore foot of the i?amc. 



C. Right hind foot of Ta.ridea americana. 



D. Right fore foot of the same. 



form, in the length and strength of the fossorial claws, and in 

 the nakedness of the area between the digital and plantar pads ; 



