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black, forming oblique bands on the flanks ; two 

 black lines bordering the forehead laterally. 



Dimensions. Nearly two feet in length from the 

 extremity of the snout to the origin of the tail, 

 which is about two feet long. 



Description. Snout longer and thicker than 

 that of the cat ; hairs sparse, grayish fawn above, 

 white beneath ; a black line extending on each 

 side, from the nostril to the anterior angle of the 

 eye, and prolonged on the head as far as the oc- 

 ciput, by the side of the ear ; small black spots 

 disposed symmetrically between these bands, upon 

 the forehead and head ; other small round black 

 spots where the whiskers commence; two rays 

 along the sides of the lower jaw, one above the 

 other, the superior commencing at the posterior 

 angle of the eye, the inferior having two branches 

 before, the lower one directed towards the throat; 

 four longitudinal bands on the top of the neck, of 

 a fawn colour in the middle, the two external ones 

 curved downwards in form of a hook ; a small 

 black line between the two middle ones, a black 

 line alons the back extending to the ori2:in of the 

 tail, on each side of which is a parallel row of 

 oval black spots, about one inch in length ; two 

 other bands also parallel, composed of oval figures, 

 with black borders, and fawn colour in the middle 

 with small round black spots ; beneath the third 

 row is a band of more than an inch in width, 

 extending from the shoulders to before the thighs, 



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