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FASCIATED \VEESEL. 



Viverra Fasciata. V. caudce pilis longis nigris et rufesccntibus, 

 corpore griseo fasciis sex nigris longitudinalibus vario, subtvs 

 albo. Lin. Syst. Nat. Grnel. p. 92. 



Grey W. with six longitudinal black bands. 



Chat sauvage a bandes noires des Indes. Sonner. tjoy. 2. p. 143. 

 pi. 90. 



THIS, says Mons. Sonnerat, measures two feet 

 from head to tail, which is nine inches long: it 

 has two cutting-teeth in each jaw ; those of the in- 

 ferior being the strongest: sixteen canine-teeth in 

 each jaw : fives toes on each foot, with strong crook- 

 ed claws : body long, covered with even and close- 

 set hair; legs short; tail slender, almost as long 

 as the body, and ending in a point, like that of a 

 Cat: it is marked with black and reddish hairs, 

 which are longer than those of the body. This 

 creature is of a grey-colour, tinged with reddish 

 on the lower parts of the head, neck, legs, and 

 feet: the belly is white. On the body are six 

 bands of black, four of which are strait, begin- 

 ning at the back of the head, and going along 

 the body to the tail, where they terminate : the 

 two others, which are on each side the belly, are 

 waved as it were: they begin at the shoulders, 

 and terminate by rounding off on the hind parts ; 

 and beneath their termination is a smaller bifid 

 one over the thigh. The eyes are lively, and of 

 a yellow-colour, with a cast of red : the pupil, in 

 some views, appearing oblong. This species is a- 



