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Facial Vibrissa;. 



Mivart described the facial vibrissa? of Procyon as follows : — 

 '•' The whiskers on each side have 5 or 6 bristles grouped together, 

 and there are four sets of such groups. There is also a tuft over 

 the eye, one behind the angle of the jaw, and one under the 



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middle of the chin." That is quite true : but, in addition, the 

 superior genal tuft is also present, although sometimes it is hard 

 to detect when the normal tuft is reduced to a single vibrissa on 

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