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URSIDiE. 



The back is rounded. The tail very short, not extend- 

 ing farther than the middle of the hinder legs. Feet 

 hairy, particularly the hinder oneSj with five toes on 

 each, armed with strong curved fossorial claws. Hair 

 of the body long, loose, and of three colours, — white, 

 black, and reddish, the union of which produces a rich 

 grey, which varies in tint in different parts. Head white, 

 excepting a band of black, commencing between the 

 nose and the eye, and extending backwards, and widen- 

 ing so as to include the eye and ear, the latter being 

 white at the tip. Lower jaw, throat, breast, and belly, 

 the interior of all the legs and the feet, black ; the back, 

 shoulders, and rump, reddish grey ; the sides and tail 

 light grey. 



