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Total length above three feet, whereof the head 

 and body constitute about half; body blackish, 

 with some indistinct darker marks along the flanks ; 

 a white spot above the eye, another beneath it ; tail 

 entirely black. It may be the musky and musk 

 weasel of Pennant, but there are, under this specific 

 name, several varieties, and probably species con- 

 cealed. In the Paris Museum, there is a variety 

 with a larger head in proportion, and an additional 

 white spot below the ear. 



In a description, with a drawing by Mr. Reynolds 

 Gwatkin, sent from Mussorie in the Himalaya 

 mountains, there is no spot beneath the eye, but 

 a lengthened white streak above it, and a whitish - 

 grey collar round the throat ; the general colour is 

 dark badger grey ; head, feet, and tail, nearly black ; 

 42 inches total length, and resides in the crevices 

 of rocks, is very shy, but not very agile. 



Par. Pennantii. Pale brownish-ash colour, with 

 indistinct darker lateral bars; nose flesh colour; 

 ears thinly covered with hair; head white about 

 the orbits ; limbs, and extreme half of tail black ; 

 total length 44 inches. Extremely destructive to 

 poultry and game. 



Par. londar. Viverra bandar Desm., Musk Cat 

 in Bengal. Fallow coloured, but with the tips of 

 the longer hairs black, and a black band along the 

 back, and one on each side narrower on the flanks , 

 feet and tip of tail same colour ; total length 49 

 inches. 



Par. jirehensilis. Fiver, prekensilis Desm. 



