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hand, have expressly designated them by two different 

 names, Wales and Taxus. The last of these names has 

 been adopted by naturalists for the genus, the first for the 

 species. Thus the Badger is the Taxus Meles of methodi- 

 cal catalogues. 



There is at present, in Mr. Cross's collection at Exeter 

 Change, an albino variety of the Badger, of an uniform 

 pale yellow colour, with red eyes. 



Four species of the Linnaean families Viverra and Mus- 

 tela have been separated by more modern methodical 

 writers, and formed into a distinct genus. To these others 

 have been added, which altogether compose the group or 

 subgenus Gulo of our author. 



The teeth, and consequently the regimen and consequent 

 habits of this group, are much more nearly allied to those 

 of the Weasels than of the preceding subgenera ; but they 

 bring the heel to the ground in walking. They may there- 

 fore be treated as intermediate between the digitigrades 

 and plantigrades, possessing most of the physical powers 

 and mental impulses of the former, combined with the mode 

 of locomotion peculiar to the latter. 



They have six incisors in each jaw, with a strong canine 

 tooth on each side. There are five or four cheek-teeth on 

 each side in the upper jaw, and six in the lower. The two 

 first in the upper jaw when there are but four, and the 

 three when there are five, are small unicuspidatous teeth, 

 and may be called false carnivorous teeth, increasing suc- 

 cessively in size ; the following or carnivorous tooth is 

 large and strong, furnished with two points on the inner 

 side, and a trenchant edge in front. The last is a small 

 tuberculous or flattish tooth. 



In the lower jaw the four first are false, presenting each 

 but one point or edge ; the fifth is long and large, present- 

 ing two trenchant points ; the last is nearly flat. All the 



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