CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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stance used as a perfume ; and by the pupil of the eyes 

 being circular during the 



FIG. 446. 



day instead of vertical, as 

 in the Cats. 



The Genet (jenef) has 

 retractile claws. It wages 

 war on rats and mice, and 

 in many parts of the East 

 is domesticated. 



The Ichneumon (ik nu'- 

 mon) is semi-plantigrade, and has the pupils elongated 

 transversely. It preys on the eggs and young of the 

 crocodile and various reptiles, and is often domesticated. 



ver'ra civet'ta. Civet. 



FIG. 447. 



FIG. 448. 



Her pes' tes ich wu' num. 

 Genet 'ta vul gd' ris. Genet. (&-.) Pharaoh's Rat. (fa.) 



The Tiger, being destitute of a mane and tail-tuft 

 lacks the noble bearing of the lion, but is beautifully 

 decorated with black stripes upon a ground of reddish- 

 yellow fur, tending to white beneath. Its ferocity, espe- 

 cially that of the dreaded " man-eater," is fearful, while 

 its strength enables it to carry off -a buffalo thrown over 

 its shoulder. Inhabiting Southern Asia, its home is in 

 the long jungle-grass, with the coloring of which its 

 stripes so exactly assimilate that it is impossible for un- 

 practiced eyes to discern it at even a short distance. 

 This adaptation of the color of an animal to that of 



