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CARNIVORA. 
the plate to a brighter hue. It is a South American 
animal, and is frequently domesticated, and very 
common. It is very destructive there, to the maize 
in particular, and to various sorts of fruits. It attacks 
birds, and kills them by biting off the head, when it 
sucks the blood. As this animal runs more on its 
toes than the common bears, it is much more ac- 
tive, and will climb trees with ease and freedom. 
The specimen figured is in the possession of Dr. 
Leach. 
I have a drawing, from Major Smithes collection, of 
a specimen of the raccoon, which was of a bright fox 
colour; and which, though extremely rare, I presume 
to be the same as the yellow raccoon mentioned by 
Geoffrey in the catalogue of the collection of the 
French Museum. 
A small variety of the raccoon, with a brown 
throat, is also mentioned in the same catalogue. 
The white badger of Brisson is likewise considered 
by Desmarest as an albinose variety of this species. 
THE CRAB RACCOON. LE RATON CRABIER, 
Procyon Cancrivorus. Cuvier. 
This is also an inhabitant of South America, and 
is treated by Cuvier as distinct from the last, though 
they appear to have been much confounded. It is 
of a uniform, clear, ash brown colour ; and the tail. 
