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generic character above given. It is proper to 

 add, that in the Linnzean Mustelas, the lower 

 front-teeth do not stand in a regular or even line, 

 but two are placed interiorly, or within the line 

 of the rest. In most of the Linneean Viverra the 

 tongue is aculeated backwards ; but this is a cha- 

 racter found likewise in some of the Mustelas. 



ICHNEUMON. 



Viverra Ichneumon. V. cauda e basi incrassata sensim attenuata 



apice Jloccoso, potticibus remotiusculis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmet. 



P .S 4 . 

 Grey I. with distant thumbs, and tail gradually tapering from a 



thick base, and tufted at the end. 

 Mustela pilis ex albido et nigro variegatis vestita. Briss. Quadr. 



p. 181. 

 Ichneumon que les Egyptiens nomment Rat de Pharaon. Belon. 



obs.p. 95. 

 Ichneumon. Gem. Quadr. 566. Aldr. dig. p. 298. 



Far. ? 



Viverra Mungo. V. cauda e basi crassa sensim attenuata non. 

 jloccosa, pollicibus remotiusculis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 84. 



Rufous-grey I. with distant thumbs, and untufted tail, gradu- 

 ally tapering from a thick base. 



Viverra Ichneumon (3. Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 63. 



Mustela glauca. Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. $. Am. acad. 2. p. 109. 



Viverra ex griseo rubescens. Briss. Quadr. p. 177. 



Mustela seu Viverra Indis Mangutia. Kcempf. am. ex. 574. 



Indian Ichneumon. Ed-wards, pi. 199. 



Mangouste. Buff. 13. p. i$o.pl. 19. 



THE Ichneumon is a species of which there 

 seem to be two distinct varieties, one of which is 



