20 MAMMALS. 



/. URSUS, Linnaeus. Beaes. 



1. U. americanus, Pallas. Bkown, Black ok Cik- 

 NAMON Beae. Color, size, etc., exceedingly variable, 

 but the several forms or varieties intergrade perfectly. 

 N.Am. 



FAMILY v.— PROCYONID^. 



(The Saccoons.) 

 Plantigrade Carnivora of moderate size, with the body 

 comparatively slender and the tail well developed. Teeth 

 40. Snout more or less elongated; no ccBcum. Genera 

 two, — JV^asua, the Coatimundi of Mexico, and the follow- 

 ing, all American. 



/. PROCYON, Storr. Raccook. 

 1. P. lotor, (L.) Storr. Common- Raccooit. " Cooir." 

 Grayish white; hairs black-tipped; tail with black rings. 

 U. S.; abundant. 



OEDEE B.-Ul^GULATA. 



{The Hoofed Mammals). 



FAMILY VI. — OERVID.^. 



(The Deer). 

 Horns deciduous, solid, developed from the frontal 

 bone, more or less branched, covered at first by a soft, 

 hairy integument, known as "velvet"; when the horns 

 attain their full size, which they do in a very short time, 

 there arises at the base of each a ring of tubercles known 

 as the "burr; " this compresses and finally obliterates the 



