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CHAP. XVII.] MAMMALIA. 201
from Coban in Guatemala, in wliich country it has also been
observed by Mr. Salvin.
Fossil Procyonidm.—A species of Nasua has been found in the
bone caves of Brazil, and a Procyon in the Pliocene or Post-
pliocene deposits of Illinois and Carolina,
Family 31.—^LUPtlD^. (2 Genera, 2 Species.)
Neotropical Nearctic
Sob-regions. Sub-regions.
General Distribution.
Pal^arctic
Sub-regions.
Ethiopian
Sub-regions.
Oriental
Sub-regions.
Australian
Sub-regions.
The Panda {^lurns fulgens), of the forest regions of the
Eastern Himalayas and East Thibet, a small cat-like bear, has
peculiarities of organization which render it necessary to place
it in a family by itself. (Plate VII. vol. i. p. 331). An alUed
genus, ^luropus, a remarkable animal of larger size and in
colour nearly aU white, has recently been described by Professor
Milne-Edwards, from the mountains of East Thibet ; so that the
family may be said to inhabit the .border lands of the Oriental
and Palsearctic regions. These animals have their nearest aUies
in the coatis and bears
Family 32.—UESID^. (5 Genera, or Sub-genera, 15 Species.)
General Distribution.