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peculiarly acid scent, which it is said to emit. It 

 is an animal of a capricious disposition when in a 

 state of captivity. In having only four toes, it 

 differs from most of this tribe. 



COATI-MONDI. 



Viverra Nasua. V. cauda albo annulata, naso producfo mobili. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 86. 

 Rufous W. with tail annulated with white, and lengthened 



moveable snout. 

 Ursus naso producto et mobili, cauda annulatim variegata. 



Bliss. Quadr.p. 190. 

 Coati. Marcgr. Bras. p. 228. 

 Coati Mondi. Act. Paris, t. 3. P. 3. p 17. t. 37. 

 Le Coati noiratre. Buff. 8. pi. 47. 

 Brasilian Weesel. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 61. 



THE size of this animal is at least equal to that 

 of a Cat. Its general colour is a cinereous brown, 

 or ash-colour, with a cast of reddish: the tail, 

 which is of very considerable length, is annulated 

 with distinct circles of black: its most remark- 

 able character is the long, flexible snout, some- 

 what truncated at the end. By the assistance of 

 this it turns up the earth, in the manner of a 

 Hog, in quest of earth-worms, &c. Like the 

 Polecat, it also preys on the smaller quadrupeds, 

 birds, &c. It is a native of South America, 

 and seems to have been first described by 

 Marcgrave, in his History of Brasil. There is a 

 particularity, sometimes observable in this ani- 

 mal, which seems worthy of notice, viz. a kind 



