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INDIAN BADGER. 
only four claws on the fore feet; but this was sur- 
mised to have been rather owing to some acci- 
dental circumstance than truly natural; though 
it appears to have been considered by Dr. Gmelin 
as forming part of the genuine specific character 
of the animal. This species is rather scarce in 
America. It is found in the neighbourhood of 
Hudson's Bay, and in Terra di Labrador, and, 
as Mr. Pennant suspects, as low as Pensylvania, 
where it is called the Ground Hog. 
VAR. ? 
A variety of this is found in some parts of Ame- 
rica, with the under parts slightly tinged with 
yellow. It is mentioned by Brisson under the title 
of Meles supra alha, infra ex albo Jlavicans, 
INDIAN BADGER. 
Ursus Indicus. U» supra albus, infra niger. 
B. white abovCj black beneath. 
Indian Badger. Pennant Qiiadr. 2. p. 16. 
Mr. Pennant is the first and only describer 
of this species, which was brought from India, 
and was in the possession of the late Mr. John 
Hunter. Its length from nose to tail was about 
two feet, of the tail four inches. Jt had five 
toes on each foot; the inner small; the claws very 
long and strait. The head was small; the nose 
pointed ; there was scarce any appearance of ex- 
