THE SURICATE. This animal, which lives principally in south Africa, is distinguished by its rough coat and its strong claws, of which those on the 



forefeet are particularly long. It is the special enemy of the Elephant-Mouse, a remarkably prolific and destructive rodent of south Africa, which the picture 

 shows it in the act of attacking. The Suricate forms by itself a distinct genus of the Viverrine order. (Suricala tetradactyla.) 



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