NANDINE. — Nandinia binotdta. 



We have here a very remarkable animal, kno^vn by the name of the Nandine. 

 It is a very pretty little creature, for its fur is richly and elegantly coloured and 

 diversified with spots and strokes, and its movements are easy and gliding. 



On account of the double row of spots which run along the body, the Nandine 

 has been dignified Avith the title of " binotata," or " double-spotted," by almost 

 every naturalist who has woven it into his system, even though the animal itself 

 has been placed by some authors among the Civets, by some among the Ichneu- 

 mons, and by others among the Paradoxures. 



The general colour of the fur is a darkish and very rich brown, darker along the 

 back, and lighter on the sides. The tail is covered with blackish rings which are 

 but obscurely defined. 



