GULO ORIENT ALIS. 
the muzzle, from the form of the body, the proportional length of the tail, and of 
the lobes of the ear, are not uniform in the animals which belong to this genus. 
The structure of the anal folliculi, as well as of the tongue, requires in most species 
a further examination. 
In the most numerous Catalogue of Quadrupeds hitherto published, which con- 
stitutes the article Mammalogie in the Encyclopedic Methodique, compiled by 
Mr. M. A. G. Desmarest, four species of Gulo are admitted ; namely, Gulo arcticus, 
or Wolverene; Gulo vittatus, or Grison ; Gulo barbatus, the Taira of Buffo n and 
the Galera of Brown ; and Gulo capensis, or Katel. Besides these, the Baron 
Humboldt has described two animals, inhabiting the equinoctial regions of America, 
with the names of Gulo Quietensis, and Gulo Mapurito: but these Mr. Desmarest 
has added to the genus Mephitis; as they are both truly plantigrade, they confirm 
this character as far as regards the latter genus. Of the species of Gido above 
enumerated, the Gulo barbatus, the Taira or Galera, appears to have the nearest 
affinity to Gulo orientalis ; but the figures hitherto published, afford but imperfect 
means of comparison. 
The Gulo orientalis is somewhat smaller than the English Pole Cat. Tlie form 
of its body, in comparison with other Gluttons, is rather slender: it is thickly 
covered w ith fur, consisting of long hairs closely arranged, silky at the base, of a 
brown colour, and somewhat glossy, with a slight tint of reddish brown; in certain 
lights it appears diversified, grayish, and tawny. This fur covers greatest part of 
the body and head, and the whole of the tail and extremities; the colour of these 
parts is consequently brown, or reddish brown, with occasional shades of rufous and 
tawny: the sides of the head, the neck, the throat, breast, and a broad spot on the 
top of the head, which passes, gradually decreasing in breadth, to the middle of the 
back, are white, with an obscure tint of Isabella yellow, of different degrees of 
intensity: this colour also exists, less distinct, in a longitudinal band along the lowest 
part of the abdomen. From the posterior angle of the eye, a narrow dark brown 
band passes in a cufve towards the throat, and returns again to the posterior part of the 
ear, where it unites to the lobe. On the forehead, between the eyes, is a transverse band, 
of a grayish hue, united to an obscure longitudinal streak, which extends along the 
summit of the head, from the region of the eyes to the crown. The borders of the 
upper jaw and of the ears are whitish. 
The head is rather small and compressed, and the face gradually tapers to an 
obtuse nose. Both jaws are of equal length ; but a slight extension of the naked 
extremity of the snout gives to the upper jaw the appearance of projecting beyond 
the lower. The nostrils are pierced anteriorly, but have a small lateral notch. The 
mustaches consist of a few solitary stiff bristles arising from the upper lip, closely 
applied to the head, and pointing backward. The eyes, winch are rather prominent, 
