MAMMALIA. FERM. Bear. 189 



natured, and fportive, but unlucky and inquifitive like a Monkey ; fits up to eat on the hind feet, 

 which are very long, ufing the heel to reft on ; ufes the fore paws like hands, with which it opens 

 oyfters, and is fometimes caught between the fliells, and held till the tide flows and drowns it ; is 

 very fond of fweet things, and even of ftrong liquors, with which it fometimes gets very drunk. 



378 /3. White P\.acoon. — U. Lotor md'inus. 



Of a cream colour or yellowifh white. Penn. hift. of quad. p. 265. Lever. Muf. 



The place and hiftory of this animal is unknown. It is barely mentioned by Mr Pennant, as rc- 

 fcmbling the Common Racoon in every thing but colour. 



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70 9. Wolverene. — 7. Urfus lujcus. 4. 



Has a long tail ; the head, back, and belly, are of a reddiflY brown ; the face black ; 

 and the fides of a yellowifh. brown colour. 



Urfus caftaneus, or Chefhut Bear, the tail being of a uniform colour with the body, the fnout 

 and legs black. BrifT. quad. 188.— Quickhatch, Carcajou, or Wolverene. Catefby, Carol, app. xxx. 

 Dobbs, Hudfon's Bay, 40. Ellis, Hudfon's Bay, 42. Edw. av. »i. 103. t. 103. Penn. hift. of quad. 

 h. 176. pi. xxxiii. f. 2. Aril:, zool. n. 21. 



Inhabits the country about Hudfon's Bay, and : in Canada. — Refembles the Wolf in fize, and the 

 Glutton in the figure of its head ; the hair is long and harlh ; the tail is of a chefhut colour, fome- 

 what darker at the extremity; it has only four toes before and five on the hind feet ; the muzzle, 

 to halfway between the eyes and ears, is black, and conically pointed; the ears are fhort, rounded, 

 almoft hid in the hair, and edged with white; the fur on the head, back, and belly, are reddifli, with 

 black tipsj fo as to appear almoft black ; the fides are yellowifh brown, and a band of this colour 

 crofies the back near the tail ; there are fome whitifh fpots on the throat and breaft ; the legs are 

 very ftrong, thick, fhort, and black, having five toes on each foot, not deeply divided, armed with 

 ftrong fharp claws, which are white at the ends ; the foles of the feet are thickly covered with hair, 

 and reach as far as the heel, on which the animal refts in walking ; the back is highly arched ; the 

 tail is covered with long coarfe hairs, near fix inches in length, of the fame colour with thofe on the 

 body ; the length of the head and body is two feet four inches ; and of the ftump of the tail {even 

 inches, but the hair reaches fix inches farther. The colour of this animal varies according to the 

 feafon of the year ; it is exceedingly voracious, and being flow of foot, has to take its prey by fur- 

 prife -, it watches for Beavers, which it takes as they come from their houfes, and fometimes forces 

 its way into their habitations; it is very fierce,, and is even a terror to Wolves and Bears ; it burrows 

 under ground ; is very fetid ; fometimes lurks on trees, and drops down on deer paffing below, faft- 

 ening on them till they are quite exhaufted.- 



10. Glutton. — 8. Urfus Guh. 8. 



The body and tail are of a gloffy black, or dark brown colour, with a tawnv line all 

 down the middle of the back. Schreber, iii. 525. t. cxliv. 



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