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$Unique_ID{QAD00037}
$Pretitle{}
$Title{Genus Gulo--Storr}
$Subject{Genus Gulo-- Storr; Gulo; }
$Journal{Quadrupeds of North America: Volume I}
$Volume{Vol. 1:202}
$Genus{Gulo}
$Species{}
$Common_Name{}
$Log{}
Portions copyright (c) Creative Multimedia Corp., 1990-91, 1992
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. I.
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GENUS GULO.--STORR.
DENTAL FORMULA.
6 1--1 5--5
Incisive ---; Canine ------; Molar ------ = 38.
6 1--1 6--6
The three first molars in the upper, and the four first in the lower jaw,
small; succeeded by a larger carnivorous or trenchant tooth, and a small
tuberculous tooth at the back.
In the upper jaw the three first molars are uni-cuspidateous, and may be
called false-carnivorous teeth, increasing successively in size; the following
or carnivorous tooth is large and strong, furnished with two points on the inner
side, and a trenchant edge in front; the last tooth is small, and tuberculous or
flattish.
In the lower jaw the first four molars are false, each presenting only one
point or edge; the fifth is long and large, with two trenchant points; the last
molar is nearly flat. All the teeth touch each other successively. (Cuv.)
Head, of moderate length; body, long; legs, short; tail, bushy; feet, with
five deeply divided toes, terminated by long curved nails.
No glandular pouch in some of the species, but a simple fold beneath the
tail.
Habits, carnivorous and nocturnal.
The generic name is derived from the Latin gulo, a glutton.
Four species of this genus have been described; one existing in the Arctic
regions of both continents, two in South America, and one in Africa.