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THE ZIBET. (Viverra Zibetha, Linn.) 



This species inhabits the East Indies. The head and lower 

 part of the neck, is a mixture of grey and black ; the sides of 

 the neck are striped with black ; the body marked with several 

 longitudinal black lines ; the sides spotted with ash colour and 

 black. The ears, though short, are longer, broader, and more 

 erect than those of the civet ; the muzzle is shorter, thinner, 

 and more depressed ; the body longer and not so stout j the 

 tail much longer, and elegantly marked from one extremity to 

 the other with transverse semi-circles of black and white. The 

 fur, moreover, is shorter and softer than that of the civet, and 

 it has not the range of long upright hairs which are observable 

 on the upper part of the neck and back of the latter animal. 



Its odorous secretion is thick, like pomatum, and is much 

 more powerful than that of the civet. 



THE COMMON GENET. (Viverra genetta, Linn.)* 



This beautiful species is found from the south of France to 

 the Cape of Good Hope, frequenting chiefly the banks of rivers, 

 the sides of brooks, and springs. 



* Pennant, who has accurately figured this animal in his Synopsis (pi. 172, 

 Hist. No. 280), has improperly termed it the/o**ane/ and so has Brown in his 



