. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. BEARS AND THEIR ALLIES. 616 being connected ; the wrist and foot only projecting beyond the skin of tlic body, and there are no external ears, or only small ones. The walrus (Fig. 534), the seals, and the eared seals or sea-lions {OtariidcB) are the types of the aquatic Carnivores; the sea-lions can walk on all fours, and in certain peculiarities of the skull they resem- ble the bears. Of the terrestrial, normal Carnivora, the raccoon, coati, Cerco- le-ptes, and bear, to- gether with a number of extinct forms, are the more generalized or
. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. BEARS AND THEIR ALLIES. 616 being connected ; the wrist and foot only projecting beyond the skin of tlic body, and there are no external ears, or only small ones. The walrus (Fig. 534), the seals, and the eared seals or sea-lions {OtariidcB) are the types of the aquatic Carnivores; the sea-lions can walk on all fours, and in certain peculiarities of the skull they resem- ble the bears. Of the terrestrial, normal Carnivora, the raccoon, coati, Cerco- le-ptes, and bear, to- gether with a number of extinct forms, are the more generalized or lower types. They are plantigrade, and while standing at the base of the carnivorous series, have some fea- tures suggesting and anticipating those of the lemurs, and mon- keys. The raccoon, Procyon lotor (Linn.), abounds throughout the United States. Al- lied to it is the coati (Nasua) of Central America, a creature about the size of, and with the general hab- its of the raccoon, being an exceedingly knowing and mis- chievous animal. A number of extinct Eocene mammals are also allied to a small j^lantigrade, long-tailed carnivore, C'ercoleptes, which resembles the Primates in its two cutting. ^^'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. New York : Henry Holt
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