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$Title{Genus Procyon.--Storr}
$Subject{Genus Procyon. --Storr; Procyon; }
$Journal{Quadrupeds of America:  Volume II}
$Volume{Vol. 2:74}
$Genus{Procyon}
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                       A U D U B O N ' S   M A M M A L S

                    By John James Audubon, F. R. S., &c. &c.

                                      AND

                     The Rev. John Bachman, D. D., &c. &c.

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                                   VOL.  II.
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                             GENUS PROCYON.--Storr.


                                DENTAL FORMULA.


                             6         1-1        6-6
                    Incisive -; Canine ---; Molar --- = 40.
                             6         1-1        6-6


     Muzzle, pointed and projecting beyond the lower jaw; ears, short and oval;
tail, bushy, and long.  Feet, five toed, with strong nails not retractile; soles
of feet, (posterior,) naked; the species rest on the heel, but walk on the toes.
Mammae, six ventral; there is a gland on each side of the anus which secretes a
slightly offensive fluid.
     The generic name is derived from the Greek [pro], before, and [xuog], a
dog.
     Two species only have been noticed:  one in the northern, and the other in
the southern parts of North America.