SIBERIAN WEESEL. 431 



bits Poland and the southern provinces of Russia. 

 It is said to be voracious, fierce, and untameabe : 

 residing in holes, &c. and preying on the smaller 

 quadrupeds, &c. 



SIBERIAN" WEESEL. 



Viverra Sibirica. 



Mustela Sibirica. M. ftdva, palmis plantisquc hirsutissimis. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 98. 

 Fulvous W. with extremely hairy feet. 



THIS is about the size of the Sarmatian Weesel. 

 The face is blackish, but white about the nos- 

 trils, and spotted towards the eyes: the rest of 

 the animal is of a deep fulvous or almost a fox- 

 colour : the throat sometimes spotted with white : 

 the tail very full of hair, and of a deeper colour 

 than the rest of the body. The feet are very 

 thickly furred : the body more slender than that 

 of the Polecat, and resembling that of the Stoat 

 in shape. 



