Class I. 



F I T C H E T, 



89 



Six cutting teeth, two canine, in each jaw. 

 Sharp nofe, fiender bodies. 

 Five toes before, five behind. 



X. WEESEL, 



Futorius. Polecat or Fitchet. 



Rail fyn, quad. 199. 

 Meyer's an. ii. Tab. 6. 

 Charlton ex. 20, 

 Gefner quad. 767. 

 Muftela pilis in exortu ex ci- 



nereo albidis, colore nigri- 



De Buffon, Tom. vii. 199. Tab. 14.F1TCHET. 



23- 

 Murtela putorius, Lin.JyJ}. 6y, 

 Mullela foetida, Klein quad. 63. 

 Muilela flavefcente nigricans, 



ore albo, collar! flavefcente. 



Faun. Suec, 16. 



cante terminatis, oris cir- Br. ZooU 37. Syn. quad. No. 

 CLimferentia alba. BriJJ'on 

 quad. 1 80. 



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Brit. Ffvvlbard Germ. 



Fren. Le Putois Dut. 



Jtal. Foetta, Puzolo S^tved. 



Span. Futorp Dan. 



litis, ulk, Buntiing 



Bonfing 



Iller 



llder 



THE length of this animal is about feventeen Descrip. 

 inches, exclufive of the tail ; that of the tail 

 fix. The fiiape of this animal in particular, as v/ell 

 as of the whole genus, is long and fiender j the 

 nofe fharp-pointed, and the legs fhort : in fine, ad- 

 mirably foruTcd forinfinuating itfelf into the fmall^ 

 eft holes and paflages, in fearch of prey : it is very 

 nimble and active, runs very fad, will creep up the 

 fides of walls with great agility, and fpring with 

 vaft force. In running, the belly feems to touch 

 the ground: in preparing to jump, it arches its 

 back, which afTifts it greatly in that adion, 



The: 



