276 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



teeth touch each other successively. Here then we see a 

 decided departure from the flattish surfaces of the cheek- 

 teeth of the preceding divisions, a vestige of which only 

 maybe said to be found in the last cheek-tooth of this. 

 The proportions of these flat to trenchant surfaces bespeak, 

 almost with mathematical accuracy, the sort of food proper 

 to the animal, and all those traits of character both phy- 

 sical and moral dependant upon that fact. 



The head of these animals is long; the ears short and 

 rounded, and the tongue smooth or rough in the different 

 species ; the legs are very short, and the body in general 

 so elongated as almost to qualify them for the epithet vermi- 

 formed, which has been bestowed on some of the following 

 divisions. They have no anal pouch, but a sort of vestige 

 of it in some slight folliculi or folds of skin. 



They have five toes, deeply divided, terminated by long 

 bent nails, which rather approximate them to the foregoing 

 than the succeeding divisions, as they seem better calculated 

 for digging than offensive warfare. 



The Common Glutton (Mustela Gulo of Linnaeus, and 

 Ursus Gulo of Gmelin) has the muzzle as far as the eye- 

 brows black ; the eyes small and black ; the space between 

 the eyebrows and the ears white mixed with brown ; the 

 lower jaw and the interior of the two feet are spotted with 

 White ; the legs, tail, back, and belly, are brownish black, 

 but the sides of the body from the shoulders to the tail are 

 maroon colour. There is no tubercle on the heel, which 

 barely comes in contact with the ground when the animal 

 runs. The body altogether is heavy. It is about the size 

 of the Badger. It does not become torpid in winter. 



The voracity of this animal, though excessive to a high 

 degree, has been greatly exaggerated. To minister to this 

 voracity it appears to have recourse to expedients in aid of 

 its physical lack of powers, which seem otherwise to be 

 inferior to its wants. When a sufficient supply of small 



