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GENUS GULO.— Storr. 



DENTAL FORMULA. 



Incisive ~ ; Canine r^ ; Molar ^—^ = 38. 



6 I — 1 6 — o 



The three first molars in the upper, and the four first in the lower 

 jaw, small ; succeeded by a larger carnivorous or trenchant tooth, and a 

 small tuberculous tooth at the back. 



In the upper jaw^ the three first molars are uni-cuspidateous, and 

 may be called false-carnivorous teeth, increasing successively 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 tooth 

 is small, and tuberculous or flattish. 



In the lower jaw the first four molars are false, each presenting onlj' 

 one point or edge ; the fifth is long and large, with two trenchant points ; 

 the last molar is nearly flat. All the teeth touch each other successively, 

 (Cuv.) 



Head, of moderate length ; body, long ; legs, short ; tail, bushy ; feet, 

 with five deeply divided toes, terminated by long curved nails. 



No glandular pouch in some of the species, but a simple fold beneath 

 the tail. 



Habits, carnivorous and nocturnal. 



The generic name is derived from the Latin gulo, a glutton. 



Four species of this genus have been described ; one existing in the 

 Arctic regions of both continents, two in South America, and one in 

 Africa. 



GULO LUSCUS.— Linn. 



The WoiVERENE, oh Glutton. 



PLATE XXVI. Three quarters natural size. 



G. subniger ; fascia subalbida utrinque a humero per ilia producta, 

 fasciis supra coxas se jungentibus ; cauda pilis longis hirsuta. 



