SYNOPSIS OF THE 



third pointed, the fourth trenchant on the external side, the 

 fifth turberculous and large ; the penultimate in the lower 

 jaw the most trenchant of that range. Body thick ; legs 

 low ; muzzle not long ; ears short and round ; eyes small ; 

 tail veiy short ; a pouch under the tail, containing a fetid 

 secretion. 



329. 1. Meles Vulgaris (the Common Badger.) Gray- 

 brown above, black underneath ; a longitudinal black band 

 on each side of the head, passing round the eye and ear. 



Taxus, or Meles, Ray. Ursus Meles, L. 



Blaireau Buff. torn. vii. Badger, Pen. British Zool. 



Icon. Schreb. 142. Buff. Supp. torn, iu.pl. 49. 



Inhabits Europe. 



Obs. The country people pretend to distinguish two va- 

 rieties, under the names of the Dog-Badger and the Hog- 

 Badger, but they are not authenticated. 



330. 2. M. Labradorica (American Badger.) Pale yel- 

 lowish-gray ; belly and throat white, with a longitudinal 

 band on the side of the head, passing above the eye and ear. 



Ursus Labradoricus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1102. Meles La- 

 bradoria, Sabine, Ross's Voy.App. 649. 



American Badger, Pen7i. Quad. ii. 15. Carcajou, Buff, 'i 

 Supp. 242. 



Icon. Shaic, Zool. i. t. 106. Buff. u.f. 49. 



Inhabits Hudson's Bay. 



Genus V. Gulo. 



Cheek teeth 4 ; the three first in the upper, and the four 

 in the lower jaw, small, succeeded by a larger carnivorous 

 or trenchant tooth, and small tuberculous tooth at the 

 back. Body low ; head moderately elongated ; ears short 

 and round ; tail short ; pentadactylous, toes armed with 

 crooked nails. 



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