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CARNIVORA. 
THE BADGERS. 
The badgers form a separate tribe among the 
plantigrades, distinguished by tHeir teeth, which have 
little more than a vestige of the carnivorous property. 
They consist of six cutting teeth, long canine teeth, 
and five cheek-teeth above, and six below. The first 
of these cheek-teeth is very small and deciduous ; 
then follow two pointed teeth; beyond these is a 
tooth that has the outer edge cutting ; and lastly a 
rounded or tubercular tooth, which is the largest. 
The penultimate tooth below has the outer edge 
cutting, with two tubercles rising on the inner sides, 
and partakes, therefore, of a double character. A 
glandular pouch, situate between the anus and in- 
sertion of the tail, in which an unctuous and fetid 
matter is secreted, distinguishes these animals from 
the other plantigrades. 
THE BADGER. LE BLAIREAU. 
Ursus Meles. L. 
The habits of the badger accord much with those 
of the bear : like that animal it is nocturnal, and 
lives in holes during the day. It feeds more on 
