AMERICAN BADGER. 
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the Bear, confining himself to his den in a state 
of semi-torpidity. 
Ridinger figures a singular variety of the Bad- 
ger, of a white colour, with brown and reddish 
patches. 
AMERICAN BADGER. 
Ursus ex griseojlavescensygula pectore Sr abdomine albis, capiieni'- 
gro lineato. 
Pale yellowish-grey B. with the throat and belly white^, and the 
head striped with black. 
Ursus Labradorius. U, cmida a pice villosa ex luteo snhfuscay 
gida, pectore et abdomine albis, palmis tetradactylis, Lin. Sysf. 
Nat. Gmel. p. 102. 
Carcajou. Bujf. suppl. 3. p. 242. pL 49. 
American Badger. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 15. 
In its general appearance this extremely re- 
sembles the common Badger, and might almost 
pass for a variety only : it is^ however, somewhat 
smaller, and the black bands on the face are 
much narrower and do not include the eyes^ but 
commence behind them, and run along the top 
of the neck : the ears are surrounded with black : 
the upper parts of the body are nearly of the 
same colour as in the common Badger, but ra- 
ther paler, and with a slight yellowish cast ; and 
the breast and belly are of a light ash-colour, in- 
stead of black : the legs are of a dusky brown : 
the claws are at least as long and strong as in the 
European Badger, if not more so. In the speci- 
men described by the Count de Buffon there were. 
