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by numerous species in the warmer parts of the Old World. The 

 long slender body is provided with short legs, the long bushy tail 

 tapers to a point, and the snout is somewhat long. The teeth are 

 more numerous and not so typically carnivorous in type as in the 

 Felidse. Two sub-families are distinguished which differ in the 



Fig. 56. The Polar Lynx (Lynx vulgaris] 



structure of the feet and in other ways. These are: (i) the Civets 

 and (2) the Mangoustis. 



(i) Civets are not unlike cats in their general appearance, and 

 like them are digitigrade and able to retract their claws. One 

 species, the Common Genet (Genetta vulgaris), is found in Spain 

 and South France, its range also including those parts of Morocco 

 and Algeria which are north of the Atlas Mountains. Well-known 

 on account of the disgusting odour which they emit are the 

 African Civet- Cat (Viverra civetta) and the Indian Civet- Cat 

 (V. zibetha) (fig. 57). 



