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tiiiio. Tho color ol' Wiv aniinals is well suited to protect them from 

 observation. 



This protective coloring' is i)i'ol)ahly ol' as much use in enabling 

 them to crecj) u[) on theii* own j)rey as it is in enabling them to 

 escape enemies. The larger beasts of i)rey [)r()bably get them now 

 and then, but they are very strong and are a match for a good- 

 sized bulldog in a fair fight. Their food consists of small mammals 

 and probably snakes and frogs as \v(41 as insects. They are thus 

 useful in destroying noxious rodents and in some places help great- 

 ly in reducing the number of pi'airie dogs and pocket gophers. 

 They dig open the burrows of these animals and drag them out by 

 force. Badgers hibernate during the cold months. 



Genus Gulo Storr. 



Gido Storr, Prodr. Meth. Mamm., p. 84, 1780. 



Dental For7nula.—l, '1^,; C, J^J; Pm, M, ^0,--^SS. 



Generic characters. — Body stout; legs, ears and tail short, the 

 latter bushy; most of the sole applied to the ground in walking as 

 in the bears. The genus is represented by only two living species, 

 one in the northern part of North America and one in the northern 

 part of the old world. 



GULO LUSCUS (Limiaeus). 

 WOLVERENE; CARCAJOU; GLUTTON. 



Ursus luscus Linnaeus. Systema Naturae, ed. 10, p. 47, 1758. 



Description. — Color dark brown, with a yellowish white band 

 running from behind the shoulders up to the rump and joining a 

 similar band from the opposite side; similar patches occur on the 

 head and under the breast; feet and face blackish. The hair is 

 long, especially on the tail, and both head and tail are carried low, 

 after the fashion of a low-spirited dog. The body is much more 

 clumsy and thickset than that of any other member of the family. 

 The skull and teeth are large and powerful. 



Measurements. — IMiller gives the following: Total length, 760 

 mm. (30 in.) ; tail, 200 mm. (8 in.) ; hind foot, 170 mm. (6-)4 in.). 



Range. — Northern North America, formerly south to the United 

 States. It will doubtless be a matter of surprise to many that this 

 animal should be included in the fauna of Indiana. I have hesi- 

 tated somewhat over the evidence, but as there are two well attested, 

 though unpublished, records from widely separated parts of the 

 State, I can not pass over them. Prof. Van Gorder says: "In 



