nits. 
’^''‘^adac. 
b'hs. 
MAMMALIA. FER^. Urfus. 63 
R-femb.cs in its habits the laft ; head larger, more convex ; 
Jnoiit thiCKer ; ears fhort , round ; nofe tipt with bkck ; teeth 
long, Ibft, fliaggy, ycllowiih-whitc. 
cheeks rufty-browrt. American Bear. 
inhabits the whole oi America, except Chili and Patagonia; 
ec s chiefly on vegetables and fifh, is particularly greedy of 
potatoes and maiy.e ; very cowardly, 
iiead more lengthened; earr longer ; /ifltr ftronger, foft, ftralghf, 
more Ihming and thinner than the U. araos; /-erfy-fmaller ; 
Jnoiit larger, {harper. 
Bear, 
i-eis than the badger; al moll deftitute of hair; impatient of cold; 
burrows in the ground. 
Body yellowi ill- white ; eyes fmall; legs fliort; claeos white, 
iharp ; tail long. 
^teles^ "D j , , 
ofly above cinereous, beneath black ' a longitudinal black 
uripe including the eyes and ears ; tail colour of the 
2 wk- 
Wi ^bove, yellowifli-wliitc beneath. 
■S' lute with reddifh-yellow and brown fpots. 
nhabits £i£rflyif, Afta, as far as the northern boundaries of China, 
Netti-York, 3) very rare; lives in woods, clefts of rocks 
and heaps of ftones, feeds on infetb, eggs, fruit and vegeta- 
bles, upon which it gels very fat, and burrows during win- 
ter; hunts rabbits by night; very cleanly, having a diftinfl 
repofitory for its excrements without the den ; lies hid by 
day ; dilcharges a fetid matter from the orifice under the anus j 
ealily tamed ; gravid y weeks, bring 3-— 5 young, 
F^ye covered by a white niftilant membrane ; teals 6, 2 peftoral, 
4 abdominal; feet (hort, ,5-toed: length more than 2 feet, 
2) 21 inches ; JleJh when dried makes excellent bacon. 
nils. 
ail hairy at the tip, brown-yellow' ; throat, bread and 
belly white; fore-feet 4.-toed, American Badger. 
Inhabits and i/ud/ira'r £i7v; lefs than the laft, with 
fofter, longer hair. 
urs fhort, white, black at the margin ; head white, two black 
Ivnes behind the nofe reaching round the eyes ; hair of the 
ack long, chelnut at the root, then bright brown, then black, 
at the tip white ; legs fhort, brown ; grinders 4 each fidCj 
each jaw. 
Jndicus, 
