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GALERA. 



Viverra Galera. 



Mustek Galera. M. Totafusca. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 95. 



W. entirely brown. 



Vansire. Bvf. 13. p. i6j. pi. 21. 



Tayra ou Galera. Buff. 15. p. i$$- 



Madagascar Weesel. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 51. 



Guinea Weesel. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 53. 



THE length of this species is about fourteen 

 inches from nose to tail, and of the tail, which 

 tapers to the end, about ten: the ears nearly 

 naked, round, and lying flat to the head: the 

 tongue rough : the shape of the body like that of 

 a rat : the hair is rough. It is an inhabitant of 

 Madagascar and of Guinea. 



GUIANA WEESEL. 



Viverra Barbara. 



Mustela Barbara. M. atra, collo subtus macula alba triloba. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 94; 



Black W. with a trilobate white spot beneath the throat. 

 Guiana Weesel. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. $3. 



IT is of the size of a Martin, and is black, with 

 a small ash-coloured space between, the eyes, and 

 a trilobated white spot beneath the throat. It is 

 a native of Brasil and Guiana, and is said to have 

 a musky smell. 



