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Fig. 94. — Tayra {Tayra tayra). — By permission of W. S. Berridge, London. 



weasels are absent, but their place is taken by the Grison 

 (Galera vittata) and Tayra (Tayra tayra) and in the far south 

 Lyncodon patagonicus. These animals are peculiar in having 

 a lighter colouration on the back than on the belly. There 

 are two or three species of otter (Lutra). The raccoons 

 {Procyon) have a very wide range in South America, as in the 



Fig. 95. — Kinkajou {Potos caudiroleulus), Central America. — By permission of 

 W. S. Berridge, London. 



