392 GRISON. 



the extremity; it is as bushy and elegant as that 

 of the Mephitic Weesel. The same faculty is as- 

 cribed to this as to the three former species. 



MAPUKITO. 



Viverra Mapurito. V. nigra, fascia nivea a fronte ad dorsi me- 

 dium producta, auriculis nuttis. Urn. Syst. Nat. Ginel. p. 88. 



Black W. with snow-white band from the forehead to the mid- 

 dle of the back, and without any external ears. 



Viverra Putorius. Mutis. Act. Holm. 1769.^. 68. 



THIS is said to measure twenty inches to the 

 tail, which is nine inches long, and whitish at 

 the tip. It inhabits New Spain, and burrows 

 under ground, feeding on worms and insects. 

 Perhaps no other than a variety of the Mephitic 

 Weesel. 



GRISON. 



Viverra Vittata. V. nigricans, vitta alba ab kwneris adfrontem 



producta. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 88. 

 Blackish W. with a broad white band from the forehead to each 



shoulder. 



Grison. Buffi* ed. Allamand. 15. p. 65. pi. 8. 

 Mouffette du Chili? Buff, suppl. 7. p. 233. pi. 57.? 



THE length of the Grison from nose to tail is 

 about seven inches, and the tail is rather more 

 than half the length of the body. The upper 

 part of the body is of a deep brown, each hair 



