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CUJA. 



Viverra Cuja. V. nigra, rostro resimo. 

 Black W. with turned-up snout. 

 Cuja. Molina Chili. 272. 



THIS animal is said by Molina to have a great 

 resemblance, in shape, manners, and teeth, to a 

 Ferret; but has black hair and eyes, and a turned- 

 up snout : the tail is as long as the body, and very 

 full of hair. It is a native of Chili, and preys on 

 mice. It breeds twice a year, and has three or 

 four young at a time. 



SPOTTED WEESEL. 



Viverra Maculata. V.fusca, albo maculata. 



Dusky W. spotted with white. 



Spotted Martin. Phillips' s voy. p. 276. pi. 46. 



THIS, which is described in Governor Phillips's 

 voyage to Botany Bay, is said to be of the size of 

 a large Polecat, measuring eighteen inches from 

 nose to tail, and the tail nearly as much: the 

 visage is of a pointed shape, and the form of the 

 whole animal such as not ill to resemble that of 

 the Fossane. The colour is said to be black, 

 marked all over, the tail not excepted, with ir- 

 regular blotches of white : the tail is represented 

 as thin, and gradually tapering to the end : the 

 whiskers very long, and the general appearance 

 of the animal such as to resemble the Vwerrine 



