. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. Genus, Meles. (Cuv.) BADGER. Generic Character.—Second incisive tooth in the lower jaw placed behind the others ; grinders §, in an uninterrupted series; feet plantigrade; a. glan- dular pouch underneath the tail, having a transverse orifice. THE BADGER. BROCK. GREY. BAWSENED-PATE. Meles taxus. Vrsus taxus, Schreib. Saiig. III. t. 142. Ursws meles, LiNN^ns, Syst. Nat. XII. p. 70. Meles vulgaris, Deshak. Mammal, p. 173, sp. 266. „ taxus, Flem. Brit. An. p. 9. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 10. Le Blaireau, Bdffon, Hist. Nat. VII. p. 104
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. Genus, Meles. (Cuv.) BADGER. Generic Character.—Second incisive tooth in the lower jaw placed behind the others ; grinders §, in an uninterrupted series; feet plantigrade; a. glan- dular pouch underneath the tail, having a transverse orifice. THE BADGER. BROCK. GREY. BAWSENED-PATE. Meles taxus. Vrsus taxus, Schreib. Saiig. III. t. 142. Ursws meles, LiNN^ns, Syst. Nat. XII. p. 70. Meles vulgaris, Deshak. Mammal, p. 173, sp. 266. „ taxus, Flem. Brit. An. p. 9. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 10. Le Blaireau, Bdffon, Hist. Nat. VII. p. 104, t. vii. The Badger, Penk. Brit. Zool. I. p. 85, t. viii. Since the extirpation of the Bear, Ursus arctos, of the existence of which mention is made in Scottish history as. 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 Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880; Tomes, Robert F; Alston, Edward Richard, 1845-1881. London, J. Van Voorst
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