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MAMMALIA. 
Canis aureus. — The Chacal, or Jackal. 
Plate XIII. fig. 6. 
Hair yellowish gray above, white underneath; tail bushy, 
black at the extremity; head small; neck long, slender. In¬ 
habits Southern Asia, Africa, and Europe. 
** Pupils of the eyes long; tail long and bushy. 
Canis Vulpes. — The Common Fox. 
, Plate XIII. fig. 7. 
Yellow fawn above, white underneath; black behind the ears ; 
tail bushy, tipped with black hairs ; muzzle pointed; ears erect, 
acuminated; eyes diagonal. 
Genus 54.—Viverra. — Linnaeus. 
Generic Character. —Incisory teeth canine teeth j-{, grin- 
ders total 40. In the upper jaw, three false grinders, 
which are a little conical and compressed; a large carnivorous 
bicuspid tooth, and two tuberculous ones; in the lower jaw are 
four false grinders ; one bicuspid, and one large tuberculous 
tooth behind ; the head is long, muzzle pointed ; nostrils pierced 
on the sides of the nose; pupils of the eyes capable of being 
contracted almost into a line ; tongue aculeated; feet with five 
toes, the claws partly retractile; with an oval pouch, more or 
less deep. 
Sub-Genus I.-— Viverra. — Cuvier. —Anal pouch very deep, 
and divided into two sacs, containing an unctuous, musky 
secretion ; cheek teeth or grinders 
Viverra Civetta. — The Civet. 
Plate X. fig. 7. 
Fur gray, with brown or black clouds or spots ; tail with four 
or five rings of the same; it is shorter than the body; a mane 
along the ridge of the back. Inhabits Africa. 
