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but its relationship to the Raccoons is regarded by Mr. W. T. 
Blanford ! as sufficiently close to admit of its being included in the 
same family. According to this zoologist the Panda often sleeps 
coiled up like a Cat, with the bushy tail over its head, but at other 
times resting on its legs with the head tucked under the chest and 
between the fore legs, after a manner said to be common with the 
Raccoons. Although by no means strictly nocturnal, these animals 
sleep much during the day, and roam out in search of food in 
the morning and evening. The young are born in a very helpless 
Fic, 258.—The Panda (lurus fulgens). The dark nasal stripe shown in this figure is generally 
absent. (From Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 408.) 
condition, and remain for a long period concealed in the holes of 
trees or rocks. 
Fossil remains of a species of Alurus (42. anglicus) have been 
obtained from the English Pliocene Crag deposits which indicate an 
animal of about one and half times the size of &. fulgens. The first 
evidence of this fossil species was afforded by part of the mandible 
with the last molar in place, and the subsequent discovery of an 
entire first upper molar renders full confirmation of the generic 
determination. This distribution of 4lurus is very important, as 
showing how its area may have once approximated to that of the 
ancestors of the American representatives of the family. It is 
probable that the genus existed in India during the Siwalik period. 
1 Fauna of British India, ‘‘ Mammalia,” p. 189 (1888). 
