ZENIC. 



Viverra Zenic. V. tetradactyla, corpore griseo, fasriis decem 

 transversis nigris, cauda ex afro spadicea, versus apiccm nigra. 

 Un. Syst. Nat. Gmd. p. 85. 



Four-toed grey \V. with ten transverse black bands on the body, 

 and deep chesnut-coloured tail, black towards the tip. 



Le Zenik des Hottentots. Sonnerat voy. 2. p. 145. pi. 92. 



THIS, which is described by Sonnerat, is a Caf- 

 frarian species, and is about the size of a water- 

 rat. The snout is long, and in each jaw are two 

 incisive and six canine teeth * : the whole animal 

 is of a reddish-grey colour, and is marked by ten 

 transverse black bands over the back, and reach- 

 ing downwards on each side, almost as in the 

 Zebra : the tail, which is scarce the length of the 

 body, is slender, and of a deep ferruginous-colour 

 for three fourths of its length, the remainder be- 

 ing black. Mr. Sonnerat says nothing of this 

 animal's manners ; but we may conclude that it 

 resembles, in this respect, the rest of its conge- 

 ners. It has five toes on each foot; and the 

 claws on the fore feet are very long and almost 

 strait: those of the hind feet are small and 

 crooked. 



* By canine-teeth Mr. Sonnerat must be supposed merely to 

 mean teeth of a sharpened form. 



