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Sub-Genus GENETTA. The Genets. Anal pouch 

 reduced to a mere fold of the skin containing very 

 little secretion ; limbs shorter ; tail in general long ; 

 molars $-. Resides in Africa and Southern Asia. 



Gen. vulgaris The Genet. Grey, with small, 

 round, and elongated spots, forming a kind of lon- 

 gitudinal rows; feet dark; tail with nine or ten 

 black annuli. Resides in France and Spain, probably 

 also in Barbary. 



Gen. fossa. The Fossane. Reddish-grey marked 

 with brownish-black spots ; tail with ten or eleven 

 annuli ; tip black. Inhabits Madagascar. 



Gen. pantherina. Pantherine Genet. -A large 

 species, having four rows of ocellated spots on each 

 flank, with the middle reddish, while the general 

 colour of the fur is yellowish-grey ; tail long, with 

 about eight broad annuli ; tip black. 



Gen. Senegalensis. Senegal Genet. Smaller 

 than the former. "Whitish-yellow grey, with four 

 rows of lengthened oval spots on each flank ; feet 

 white; about nine annuli on the tail; tip white. 

 Inhabits Western Africa. 



Gen. Barbara. Barbary Genet. Still smaller, 

 but with similar coloured fur, with four rows of 

 rounder oval spots on the flanks ; feet white ; eight 

 rings on the tail, including the tip, which is white. 

 Is found in Barbary. 



Gen. pallida, Gray. Pale Genet. Likewise 

 small ; rufous and buff; beneath white ; a few spots 

 forming two interrupted rows obliquely from shoul- 



