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CARNIVORA. 



MUSTELADiE. 



MUST EL AD JR. 





Genus, Mustela. 



WEASEL. 



Generic Character. — Body elongated, vermiform ; feet short ; toes sepa- 

 rate ; claws sliarp ; ears small ; grinding teeth i:\; tongue rough. 



COMMON WEASEL. 



Mustela vulgaris. 



Specific Character. — Reddish brown above, white beneath ; tail of the 

 same colour as the upper part of the body. 



MvMela vulgaris, Linn. Syst. Nat. Desmar. Mam. p. 179, sj). 275. Flkm. 



Brit. An. p. 13. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 12. 

 Viverra vulgaris, Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. 2, p. 240. 

 Foetorius vulgaris, Keys, and Blas. Wirbelth. Europ. p. 69, n. 147. Blas. 



Saugth. Deutsch. p. 2-31. 

 La Belette, Buffon, Hist. Nat. VII. p. 225, t. xxix. f. 1. 



Common Weasel, Pennant, Brit. Zool. I. p. 95, t. vii. No. 17. Shaw, Gen. 



Zool. I. p. 420, t. xcviii. 

 With the fur white. 

 Mustela nivalis, Linn. Fn. Suec. II. p. 7. — Syst. Nat. I. p. 69. Mdll. 



Zool. Prod. p. 3. 



