32 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



by leaping downwards on them from a tree. Its 

 voracity has been ridiculously exaggerated by some 

 writers. 



The Wolverene of North America (Ursus Luscus, Lin. 

 Edw. CIII. 



Does not appear to differ from the last by any- 

 permanent characters. Its tints are generally 

 somewhat paler. 

 Warm climates produce some species which cannot 

 well be ranged, except among the gluttons, not dif- 

 fering from them but by one false molar less in each 

 jaw, and by a long tail. Such are those which the 

 Spanish Americans name ferrets (Jiurons), and which, 

 having in fact the teeth of our pole-cats and ferrets, 

 have also the same mode of life. But they are dis- 

 tinguished from them by the plantigrade motion 



The Grison (Viverra Vittata, Lin.) Buff. Sup. VIII. 

 xxni. et xxv. 



Black, the top of the head and neck gray ; a 

 white band extending from the forehead to the 

 shoulders. 



The Ta'ira, (Mustela Barbara, Lin.) Buff. Sup. VII. lx. 



Brown, top of thej head gray, a lrrge white spot 

 under the neck. These two animals are found 

 in all the warm regions of America, and diffuse 

 a musky odour. Their feet are triflingly flat- 



