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Variety g .— The Tepemaxtla. —Without any yellow; tail 
annulated with black and white. 
Variety h. — The Atok —Body marked with two white 
stripes ; tail mixed black and white. 
Variety i .— The Ysquiepall. —Marked with several white 
stripes. 
Variety k, — The Polecat of Catesby. — With nine white 
stripes. 
Variety /.— The Conepate —With six white stripes. 
Variety m. — The Cuneputl. —With two white stripes on the 
tail only. 
Variety n. — The Mapurito .— With one white stripe com¬ 
mencing on the forehead, and terminating half way down the 
back; tail white at its extremity. 
Variety o — The Moufetle. —Fur brown-red, with two white 
stripes on the sides of the body, uniting in the form of a cres¬ 
cent behind the head ; tail white and brown. 
Variety p. — The Chinee. — With two white stripes, very wide 
and large towards their posterior terminations : tail with long 
white hairs, mixed with a few black ; forehead with a longitu¬ 
dinal white band, joined to that of the back ; rest of the body 
brown, more or less deep, with two small white spots on the 
shoulders and belly. 
Variety q. — Feuillee's Chinee. — With two white stripes ter¬ 
minating on the sides. 
Variety r.— Interrupted Mephitis —Fur brown, with two 
short white parallel rays on the head, and eight upon the back, 
of which four are equal and parallel, and four rectangular, and 
placed in opposite directions. 
Variety s. — The Chinga. —With a band of round white spots 
on the back. 
Variety t. — The Mephitic Weasel. —With two spots on the 
head; four white dorsal stripes, and the tail furry. 
Genus 51.—Lutra.— Pay. 
Generic Character. —Incisory teeth canines J, grinders 
5 Z 5 or |l 6 » or 38- The lower great carnivorous tooth, 
with two points on its outer side; the head large and flattened ; 
the ears short; the body long; tail long, flattened horizontally, 
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