MAMMALIA. 715 



est species, only 7 or 8" long, tail very short, 2"; red-brown above, or light 

 ruddy, tail of the colour of back, the under side white ; only in the far north 

 has this species also a white winter-coat as the rule. — Mustela barbara L., 

 Gulo canescens Illig., Bdff. Suppl. vii. PI. 60, Schreb. Sdugth. Tab. 143 B ; 

 Surinam, Brasil (Wiegmann refers this species to the sub-genus Galictls 

 Bell). — In a species from the East and North of Europe the toes are 

 connected at the base by a hairy fold of skin, especially the two middle, 

 longer toes : Mustela lutreola L., Pall. Spic. Zool. xi. i ; red-brown, the 

 tail dark brown, the chin white. 



S) With false molars . (Sub-genus 3Iustela Cuv.) p. , 



4—4 ' =" ^ ^ 4—4 



Sp. Mustela canadensis Erxl., Gm., Bdff. xiii. PI. 43, Guerin Iconogr., 



Mamm. PI. 15, fig. i ; the pehan, a large brown species, with long black 



tail; dispersed over a great part of North America. — Mustela Martes L., 



Mustela abietum Ray, Buff. vii. PI. 12; dark red or brown, feet black, 



the throat yellow ; in many countries of Europe and temperate Asia, &c. 



4 4 2 2 



Galictis Bell. Molar teeth ^ — ^ , false - — ^ (as in the Polecats). 



Feet subplanfcigrade, with palms and soles naked. Body depressed, 

 elongate. Tail moderate, villous, subdistichous. 



Sp. Mustela vittata, Viverra vittata Schreb., Gm., Chdo vittatus Desm., Buff. 

 Suppl. III. PI. 23, Galictis vittata Bell, Trans, of the Zool. See. 11. Part 3, 

 1839, pp. ^oi — 208, PI. 35; yellowish-grey above, under side and legs 

 black; Guiana, Brasil. — Mustela Allemandi, Galictis Alleniandi Bell 1.1. 

 PI. 37 (Buff. Suppl. iii. PI. 25, cop. in Schreber SdugtJi. Tab. 124? 

 Description and figure of Allemand from a specimen not adult) ; larger, 

 brown, black below, a greyish- white strip from the eyes over the ears; 

 Chili. 



4-4 



Mephitis Cuv. (Spec, of Vive7'ra L., Gm.). Molar teeth ^ ^ , 



more rarely three above on each side ; laniary tooth very large ; 

 upper tnberculate large, with crown square or transverse. Ears 

 short, rounded. Snout somewhat promhient or proboscidean. Feet 

 pentadactylous, short, almost plantigrade, with claws of fore feet 

 large, fossorial. Body elongate. Tail moderate or somewhat long, 

 with long hair. (Dental formula as in Putoriiis.) 



Compare H. Lichtenstein Ueber die Gattung Mephitis, Eine ahade- 

 mische Abhandlung {Ah. der Wissenscli. zu Berlin, Physik. Kl. 1836), 

 1838, 4to. 



4—4 

 Rhahdogale Wiegm., Wagn. Molar teeth - — = . Upper laniary 



o — 



tooth with accessory tubercle internal, anterior. 



Sp. Mephitis mustelina, Rhahdogale mustelina Wagn., Mustela zorilla Desm., 

 Mephitis africana Lichtenstein, Sohreb. Sdugth. Tab. 133 a, Gueb. 



