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THE SURICATE. This animal, which lives principally in south Africa, is distinguished by its rough coat and its strong < 



forefeet are particularly long. It is the special enemy of the Elephant-Mouse, a remarkably prolific and destructive rodent of south Africa, which the picture 

 shows it in the act of attacking. The Suricate forms by itself a distinct genus of the Viverrine order. {Suricata tetradactyla.) 



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