RACCOON TRIBE. 
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all the t'oreo’oino; members of the order in regard to the 
conformation o£ that part of the skull connected with the 
internal organ of hearing. The more typical members of this 
assemblage are completely plantigrade, walking on the soles of 
their feet, the great majority having five toes to each foot. 
The Procyonido’ are typically American, and contain, among 
others, the Raccoons, Procijoa ( 582 ), the peculiar long-nosed 
Coatis, dVasua ( 583 , 584 ), and the Kinkajou (Cercoleptes, or 
Potos), the last a nocturnal animal with a long i)rehensile tail. 
All the members of this family habitually live largely on 
vegetable food, such as fruits, berries, &c., as well as on small 
mammals, birds, insects, worms, eggs, &c. 
Fig’. 
The Great Panda {JEluropm melanoleucus). 
The brilliantly-coloured Panda, opiums fnlgens ( 586 ), ex- 
hibited in the same case, is one of two Asiatic representatives 
of the family, and occurs in the north-eastern Himalaya and 
the mountains of Assam, whence it ranges into Western Cfiiina. 
It lives at a considerable altitude in the Himalaya, seldom 
descending lower than about 7000 feet above the sea, and feeds 
