130 



Family Bovida, Linn. 

 Genus Bos, Linn. 



84 L The Buffalo (Bos bubalis, Linn. ; Bos Buff elm, Blumb.). (A 



foetal specimen.) 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 120. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 152. 



Hob. Asia. Presented by John Howship, Esq., F.R.S. 



Order X. CARNIVORA. 



Always have four stout and long separated canines, between which are six 

 incisors to each jaw. The molars are either wholly cutting or have some 

 blunted tuberculous parts, but they are never studded with sharp conical 

 projections. 



Family Mustelida;. 

 Genus Mu STELA, Linn. 



842. The Common Weasel (Mustela vulgaris, Linn. ; Mustela nivalis, 



(var.))- 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 61. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 65. 

 Hob. Europe. 



843. The Common Weasel (Mustela vulgaris, Linn.). 



Hob. Europe. 



844. The Stoat and Ermine (Mustela Erminea, Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 61. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 65. 

 Hob. Northern parts of Europe. Asia and America. 



Genus LUTRA, Storr. 



845. The Common Otter (Lutra vulgaris, Erxl. ; Mustela Lutra, Linn.). 



(A foetal specimen.) 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 57. Bell, Brit. Quad. p. 129. Cat. of Mam- 

 malia in Brit. Mus. p. 70. 

 Hab. Europe. 



