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d. Digits entirely free from webbing down to plantar pad ... Prooyon. 

 d'. Digits united more or less by webbing beyond plantar 

 pad. 

 e. Claws fossorial, long, strong, and blunt ; digits fully 



webbed up to digital pads; calcaneum naked mesially.. Nasua. 

 e'. Claws shorter, curved, and sharp; digits less fully webbed ; 

 ■ calcaneum covered with hair. 

 /. Digits united by webbing for about two-thirds of their 



length Bassarieyon. 



f. Digits united by webbing for about one-third of their 



length beyond plantar pad Potos. 





Text-figure 9. 



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Ventral view of Potos, showing the median cutaneous glands, the position 

 of the prepuce, etc. 



Cutaneous and Anal Glands. 



The only genus, known to me, which has specialized cutaneous 

 glands, apart from those connected with the anus, is Potos. In 



