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easily tamed, and in some parts of Europe are kept for catch- 

 ing Rats. 



II. THE FELINE GENET. GENETTA FELINA. 



Viverra felina, Thunberg, K. Svensk. Ak. Handl. vol. xxxii. p. 



166 (1811). 

 Genetta fe/ina, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 63, and Cat. 

 Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 50 (1869); Bocage, J. Sci. 

 Lisboa, ser. 2, vol. i. p. 177 (1889). 

 Characters.— Closely allied to the last, from which, according 

 to Gray, it is chiefly distinguished by the blacker legs and feet, 

 the darker head, and the more distinct black streak on the fore- 

 head between the eyes. 



Distribution.— South Africa, and, according to Bocage, West 

 Africa (Gaboon). 



III. THE SENEGAL GENET. GENETTA SENEGALENSIS. 



Viverra senega/ensis, Fischer, Synops. Mamm. p. 170 (1829). 

 Genetta senega/ensis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832 ; id., Cat. 



Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 50 (1869). 

 Genetta aubryana, Pucheran, Rev. Mag. Zool. vol. vii. p. 154 

 (1885). 



Characters.— General colour pale yellowish-grey, with brown 

 spots and streaks ; dorsal stripe black ; the hairs elongated on 

 the loins ; tail long and slender, ringed with black and yellow- 

 ish, the light rings being the longer, and the tip light \ hinder 

 surface of hind-limbs black or blackish. 



Distribution. — West, North, and East Africa. 



IV. THE BLOTCHED GENET. GENETTA TIGRINA. 



Viverra tigrina, Schreber, Saugethiere, vol. iii. p. 425 (1778). 

 Genetta abyssinica, Riippell, N. Wirbelthiere, p. 33 (1835). 

 Genetta tigrina, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 49 (1843). 

 Viverra abyssinica, Gerrard, Cat. Bones Brit. Mus. p. 71 (1862). 



{Plate XXVIII.) 



