GULO. MAMMALIA. 89 



G. vittatus, Desm. ( Viverra vittata, Lin.) Body much elongated ; 

 , fur black, spotted with white ; top of the head and neck gray ; a 



white band running from each side of the forehead to the shoulders. 



About one foot long. S. America. Wern. Mem. iii. pi. 19, fig. 5. 



G. barbatus, Desm. (Mtistela barbata, Lin.) Body elongated; 

 fur of a black brown ; a large spot of a yellowish white colour 

 covering the under part of the neck and throat. Inhabits Gui- 

 ana, Brazil, &c. Browns Jamaica, pi. 49, fig. 1.* 



G. Capensis, Desm. (Viverra Capensis, Lin.) Body thick and 

 short ; fur gray above, black below, with a longitudinal white 

 line on each side from the ears to the origin of the tail. About 

 three feet four inches long. Inhabits Cape of Good Hope. 

 Sparman, Act. Stockh. 1777, tab. 4, fig. 3. 



G. orientalis, Horsfield. Fur glossy reddish brown ; white patches 

 about the head and throat, and a long pyramidal white patch 

 from the top of the head to the middle of the spine. Body 16 

 inches long. Inhabits Java. Horsf. Java. 



G. larvatus, Griff. The Masked Glutton. Fur olive brown and 

 gray ; tip of the tail and feet black ; white patches about the 

 face. Larger than the polecat Griffith's Anim. King. ii. 281. 



G.ferrugineus, Griffiths. Fur chestnut colour ; tail black ; head 

 broad and depressed ; eyes near the nostrils. <An. King. ii. 282. 



2d TRIBE. DIGITIGRADA. Walking on the toes. 



1st Division. With one tuberculous tooth behind the great 

 carnivorous tooth of the upper jaw. 



Gen. 70. MUSTELA, Lin. Cuv. Illig. Desm. 

 Incisors f , canines }-}, molars |-f , or f-f , = 34 or 38. Bo- 

 dy elongated ; head small and oval ; ears short and round ; 

 legs short; feet pentadactyle, armed with sharp hooked 

 claws ; no anal pouch. 



Sub.-Gen. 1. PUTORIUS, Cuv. Two false molars above, and three 

 below ; no interior tubercle on the great canine below; muzzle 

 short ; emit a fetid odour. 



M. putorius, Lin. Desm. The Polecat, Penn. Fur brown ; the in- 

 terior hairs of a yellowish white ; some white spots at the head and 

 muzzle. About 18 inches long. Europe. B. Penn. Quad. p. 213. 



M.furo, Lin. Desm. The Ferret, Penn. Fur yellowish; eyes red- 



/ coloured. M. Cuvier thinks that the ferret is only a variety of 

 the polecat. Body nearly 14 inches in length. Penn. Quad. 214. 



A r ar. A. Fur variegated with white, black, and fawn-colour. 

 Common in Spain, where it was imported from Africa. In Great Britain it exists 

 only in a domesticated state. 



^ M, Sibirica, Pall. Schreb. Desm. Fur of a pale fawn-coloured 

 yellow on the lower parts ; muzzle brown, around the nose white. 









