Its teeth, however, and the peculiar formation of its 
claws, with feveral other particulars, abfolutely forbid 
it to be any longer conlidered as a fpecies of Urfus. 
The animal is about the fize of a bear, and is cover¬ 
ed all over, except on the face, or rather the fnout, 
with long, fhaggy, black hair, which on the neck and 
back is much longer than in other parts. On the 
fore part of the body the hair points forwards, and oq. 
the hinder part backwards. The eyes are very fmall ; 
the ears rather fmall, and partly hid in the long hair 
of the head. It is totally deftitute ofincifores or front- 
teeth : in each jaw are two canine teeth of a moderate 
fize : thofe in the upper jaw are fituated at the difiance 
of two inches from each other : thofe in the lower jaw 
are placed fomewhat lefs remote. The molares or 
grinders in the upper jaw are three on each fide; of 
which the two mold remote are double, or lobed : the 
remaining one dimple. In the lower jaw there are on 
each fide fix grinders, of w hich the moft remote or 
backward is fimple ; the two next double, and the three 
remaining ones fimple. The tongue is fmoorh, and 
has nothing remarkable in its appearance. The nofe, 
or fnout is of a fomewhat elongated form; it alfa 
appears as if furnifhed with a fort of tranfverfejoint, 
or internal cartilage, which admits of a peculiar kind 
of motion in this part. The claws on the fore-feet are 
five in number, and are excefiively firong, moderately 
crooked, and fharp pointed : thofe on the hind-feet are 
fhorter, and of a rounder fhape. The tail is very 
fhort, and irtconfpicuous. 
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