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CARNIVORA 



mentioned are as follows : Length of head and body, 1000 mm. , 

 tail, 330 ; height, about 350 ; cheeks distinctly whiskered, and 

 ears tufted ; back reddish, the dorsal area almost forming a band 

 (fascia) ; sides reddish grey ; head, neck, shoulder and flanks 

 with reddish brown or greyish brown spots ; legs with transverse 

 tawny (fulvo) stripes ; tail with black tip and three black 

 sub-terminal rings ; head with black stripe on each side beginning 

 at mouth (fauci) and passing back through eye to side of neck ; 

 ear tawny inside, reddish outside ; tending toward black below, 

 the pencil (about 30 mm. long) reddish tending toward black ; 

 underparts and inner surface of legs dirty white with a reddish 

 tinge. 



