190 MAMMALIA. TER2E. Bear, 



Muftela rufo-fufca, or Reddifh-brown Weafel, with a black lift along the middle of the back, 

 Syft. Nat. ed. xii. 67. Faun. Suec. 14. Houtt. nat. ii. 189. t. 14. f. 4. Gunner, act. Nidrof. iii. 

 123. t. 3. £5. — Gulo. Georgi,it. 160. Pallas, Spicil. zool. xiv. 25. t. 2. Gefn. quad. 554. Aldrov. 

 dig. 178. Jonft. quad. 131. t. 57. Scheffer, Lap. 339. Rzacynfk. Pol. 218. Klein, quad. 83. t. 5. 

 Zimmermann, Spec. zool. geogr. 309. — Vielfrafs, Roflbmaka, Jarf, Jxerven, Fieldfrofs. Genberg, 

 acl. Stockh. 1773. 222. t. 7. 8. Bell's trav. i. 235. Pontopid. Norw. ii. 22. — Glutton. Perm. hift. 

 of quad. n. 177. Sm. Buff. vii. 274. pi. ccxl. — The Anatomy. Barthok Cent. 4. obf. 30. 



Inhabits America, Afia, -and Europe, in the more northern parts ; is rarely found in Poland and 

 Courland ; and very rarely in Germany. — JBwelis chiefly in the mountains, and in large forefts; pro- 

 creates in January, and brings forth one, two, or three young ones in the month of May; the female 

 -retiring for this purpofe into the clofeft recefTes of the woods : It is a cunning and voracious animal, 

 and climbs with great facility ; feeds on hares, murine quadrupeds, rein-deer, birds, dead carcafTes 

 of all kinds ; even on fifh, cheefe, and almoft every kind of eatable ; it never attacks mankind, un- 

 lefs forced in its own defence; it defends itfelf againft dogs by its intolerable fetor, which however be- 

 comes lefs.unfupportable after death. When young it may be tamed ; and the fur is reckoned valu- 

 able. It is larger than the Badger, and thinner in the body ; which is fometimes three feet eight 

 inches in length from the nofe to the rump, and nineteen inches high; the tail is fix inches long; the 

 legs are very thick, fhort, ftrong, and hairy, having five toes on each foot, fome authors fay only four; 

 the tail is fhorter than. the hind legs, and very hairy ; the female has fix teats ; there are fix fore- 

 teeth in each jaw, the middle four in the upper jaw being equal in fize, and as if lobed on both fides; 

 the outer one on each fide is longer, and ftronger than the reft, its fore fide rifes into a conical point, 

 while the back half of the tooth is lobed ; the lower fore-teeth are blunted, as if cut through the 

 middle, two alternately are placed within the general line, thole in the middle are rather fmaller, and 

 the outer ones are larger and thicker than the reft; the tufks are thick, conical, very ftrong, and fome- 

 what blunt, thofe of the upper jaw being larger than thofe below, ftanding at a diftance from the fore- 

 teeth, and are furrowed on the outer furface ; the lower tufks are placed near the fore-teeth and 

 grinders; there are five grinders on each fide above, and fix below, all knobbed, the firft and laft be- 

 ing very fmall : The head is round, with a thick blunt nofe, and fhort rounded. ears, a little pointed 

 at the tips ; the back is ftraight, and has a tawny lift along the middle of its whole length ; the tail 

 is fhort and very full of hair; the whole body is of. a fine glofTy black, watered or damafked like filk, 

 fometimes varying to brown. 



381 jS. White Glutton — U. Gulo albus. 



Of a white colour, fometimes tinged with yellow. Penn. hift. of quad. p. 293. 

 This variety is fometimes found in Kamtfchatka, where the fkins are very highly efteemed. 



XiX. OPOSSUM. — 18. D IDE LP HIS. 17. 



The fore-teeth are very fmall and rounded; of thefe there are 

 ten in the upper jaw, with two intermediate ones longer 



than 



