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The genus Amphiarctos is nearly allied to the bears, from which it differs 
by the structure of the jaws, in which there is one tooth less. Only one 
species is known from the Sivalic Mountains. 
Fam. 2. Procyonip&. United by some with the preceding, this family 
is composed of animals generally smaller than the bears. They have the 
’oeneral appearance of the latter in miniature, but are provided with a long 
tail, which bears have not. 
The genus Procyon (racoon) has a short and triangular head, which gives 
to it a fox-like appearance. The snout is tapering, and projects consider- 
ably beyond the mouth. The ears are small. The tail long and bushy, 
not prehensile. The feet are five-toed, armed with large and strong nails. 
There is a glandular pouch on each side of the vent. The habits are noc- 
turnal. In eastern North America but one species of this genus is found, 
the racoon (P. lotor), more common in the middle and southern States than 
in the northern. It is a restless, mischievous animal, feeding on wild and 
domesticated fowls, frogs, lizards, fish, and insects ; it is very fond of oysters. 
Most usually found in low wooded swamps. A second species is found in 
California. 
The remains of an extinct species of racoon were found in Illinois. 
The genus Adlurus (panda) includes a racoon-like species from tropical 
Asia. 
The genus Jctides or Arctitis (benturong) is also composed of Kast Indian 
species related to the racoon by their teeth. Their body is covered with 
long hair, and there is a tuft to each ear. The tail is long, hairy, and has a 
propensity to curl, as if prehensile. 
The genus Nasua (coati) belongs to the tropical zone of America. It con- 
tains six species, remarkable for their long and flexible snout, by which they 
are at once distinguished from the racoons. The feet are semipalmated, 
notwithstanding which they climb trees. Their long claws are used for 
digging. The brown coati (NV. rufa) is represented in pl. 112, fig. 15. A 
fossil species of this genus occurs in the caverns of Brazil. Another is found 
in the south of Europe. | 
The genus Meles (badger) is provided with rather large and strong canines.. 
Two of the upper molars are deciduous and fall off when the animal is still 
very young, so that four only are left in the adult. The nose is somewhat 
elongated and obtuse at the point; the ears are short and round; the eyes 
small; the legs short. ‘There are transverse glandular follicles between the 
anus and the base of the tail which discharge a fetid odor. 
The American badger (JZ. labradorica) belongs to this genus. The Euro- 
pean badger (JZ. vulgaris) is figured on pl. 116, fig. 2. 
Three fossil species of this genus are on record as having been found in 
the old continent. . 
The extinct genus Trochichis.is intermediate between Meles and Gulo. It 
is composed of a single species which inhabited Switzerland during the 
tertiary epoch. 
The genus G'ulo (glutton) has a head of moderate length, an elongated 
body supporting short legs, a bushy tail, feet-with five deeply divided toes, 
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