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(_Arctonyx_) are Asiatic; the best-known species (_A. collaris_) ranges from the eastern Himalayas to Burma; the smaller _A. taxoides_ is found in
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The stomach of Arctonyx is simple; there is no caecum, as is the case also with the bears; the liver has five lobes; under the tail it has glands, as in the Badgers, secreting a fatty and odorous substance.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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