iS8 MAMMALIA. FER2E. Bear. 



the eye, down to the nofe ; the hair on the back is four or five inches long, bright brown for the: 

 under half, then bright yellow, above that black, and white at the tips ; the legs are fhort, and of a 

 dark b/own colour, having five claws behind and only four before, which are confiderably longer 

 and larger ; but the want of the fifth claw on the fore feet, being defcribed from a dried fpecimen, 

 may have been owing to accident. It is uncertain .whether this animal pofTsfTes the orifice under the 

 tail. In each jaw there are fix fore-teeth, one tufk on each fide of each jaw, and four grinders on. 

 each fide in both ; in all thirty-two. 



376 7. Indian Badger. — Urfus indicus. 



Has a black face ; the crown of the head and upper parts of the body are white, and 

 the lower parts bhc'i. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 180. 



Inhabits India. — This fpecies is defcribed, by Mr Pennant, from a fpecimen in the collection of Mr. 

 John Hunter, Surgeon General to. the Army. It is playful, lively, and good natured ; feeds on flefh ; 

 fleeps rolled up ; and climbs with great readinefs : The head is fmall, with a pointed nofe, and a 

 prominent oval rim inftead of ears 5 the nofe and face, to a little beyond the eyes, are black ; the 

 crown of the head, upper part of the neck, back, and upper part of the tail, are white, inclining to 

 grey; the legs, thighs, breaft, belly, fides, and, under part of the tail, are black; it has five toes on 

 each foot, the inner one fmaller than the reft, all armed with very long ftraight claws ; the hair is 

 fhort and fmooth ;. the head and body are about two feet long; the tail four inches. It refufes any 

 commerce with the Common Badger. No notice is taken of the orifice near the tail.. 



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377 8. Racoon. — 6 Urfus Lotor. 3. 



The tail, is furrounded with different coloured rings; and a black band croffes the face, 

 including both eyes. Schreber, iii.521. t. cxliii. 



Urfus cauda elongata, or Long-tailed Bear. Aft.. Stock.. 1747, t. 9. f. 1.. Houttuyn, nat. ii. 237; 

 t. 15. f. 1. BrifT. quad. 189. — Mapach. Fernand. anim. ii. 1. Nieremb. hift. nat. 175. Jonft. quad, 

 t. 74. — Goati.. Raj. quad. 179, Catefb. Carol. 121. Sloan, Jamaic. ii. 329. Worm. Muf.319. Ma- 

 ior, Mofh. 30.— Racoon. Kalm, It. ii. 228. 327. and iii. 24. Lawfon, Carol. 121.. Penn. hift. of 

 - quad. n. 178. Arcf. zool. n. 22. Sm. Buff. v. 46. pi. ciii. — Wilde ziberthartige Knze. Muller. del. 

 nat. ii. gg. t. K. I. f. 2. 



Inhabits America, efpecially the northern divifion, and the Weft India iflands. — The Racoon lives 

 in holes of trees, bringing forth two or three young ones in the month of May : It eats eggs, poul- 

 try, and? fhell-fifh ; wafhes its food in water, and ufes the fore paws to carry it to the mouth ; it has 

 very delicate fenfations of fmell and touch ; and a moft tenacious memory, efpecially of injuries ; it 

 fleeps commonly from midnight till mid-day ; and is faid to have an averfion at hogs briftles ; it 

 climbs with great facility. The body is cloathed with hair of a grey, or afh colour, at the roots, 

 white in the middle, and tipt with black, which gives the fur the appearance of being fhaded with 

 dufky tranfverfe waved rings ; the head is of a dufky colour, with a fharp black pointed nofe, a 

 black band acrofs the face furrounding both eyes, and crofTed with a dufky line from theTiofe to the 

 fore-head ; the tall is very bufhy, and is furrounded with black rings*; is eafily tamed, acfive, good 



natured^ 

 * P=nis o.Ts incurvato ftatct. 



