URSIDA. — CC. 341 
594. PHOCA Linneus. (doen, seal.) 
1125. P. vitulinaL. Harsor Sea. Yellowish gray, usually 
spotted or blotched with darker above; variable. Fore feet short, 
with five strong curved claws, subequal; hind claws shorter, less 
curved. L.4to5 feet. N. Atl, S. to N. J., common N., seldom 
far from shore. (Lat., calflike.) (Eu.) Several other seals 
occur N. of Newfoundland. 
Famity CXCIX. PROCYONIDA, (Tue Raccoons.) 
Plantigrade Carnivora of moderate size, with the body compara- 
tively slender and the tail well developed. Teeth i. $8; c. 4; 
pm. $4; m.$2—=40. Sectorial tooth broad, tubercular. Snout 
more or less elongated; no cacum. Genera 4 or 5, all American. 
a. Tail not prehensile ; snout moderate, not flexible.. . . Procyon, 595. 
595. PROCYON Storr. (mpoxiwv, before the dog.) 
1126. P. lotor (L.). Common Raccoon. Grayish white ; hairs 
black-tipped; tail with black rings; a black cheek-patch; body 
rarely entirely black. L. 33. T.103. U.S., N. toN. Y., 5. On- 
tario, and Minn., abundant. (Lat., washer.) 
Famity CC. URSIDAS. (Tue Bears.) 
Plantigrade Carnivora having the body thick and clumsy, Tail 
rudimentary. Teeth 42; molars 3, broad and tuberculated, accord- 
ing with the omnivorous diet. Genera 5; species about 15, mostly 
widely distributed. ‘The Polar Bear, Thalarctos maritimus, occurs 
to the northward of our limits, and the huge Grizzly Bear, Ursus 
horribilis! Ord, to the westward. The Brown Bear of Europe, 
Ursus arctos L., is closely related to the Grizzly. 
a. Snout depressed, so that the profile does not form a straight line; soles 
not fully furred; claws moderate. . . . . . . . « Ursus, 596. 
596. URSUS Linneus. (Lat., bear.) 
1127. U. americanus Pallas. Brown, Biack or CrinnAMON 
Bear. Color black or brownish. N. Am., abundant, where not 
exterminated. 
1 Coward, — of heroic size 
In whose lazy muscles lies 
Strength we fear and yet despise; 
Savage, whose relentless tusks 
Are content with acorn husks; 
Robber, whose exploits ne’er soared 
O’er the bee’s or squirrel’s hoard; 
Whiskered chin and feeble nose, 
Claws of steel on baby’s toes. (Bret Harte.) 
