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3 examples of bassaris in sentences
99-102: "Torva Mimalloneis implerunt cornua bombis, Et raptum vitulo caput ablatura superbo Bassaris, et lyncem Maenas flexura corymbis Euion ingeminat: reparabilis assonat Echo"; which lines are supposed to be a parody of some verses of Nero.
These are all small and consist of the well-known raccoon, the coatis, the ring-tailed bassaris and the kinkajou, all differing from bears in varying details of tooth and other structures.
'Torva Mimalloneis implerunt cornua bombis, Et raptum vitulo caput ablatura superbo Bassaris, et lyncem Mænas flexura corymbis, Evion ingeminat reparabilis adsonat Echo.' Persius.