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Scent-bag separate. 



50. VivEiiRA. Civet. Scent-bag placed between the 

 anus and sexual orifice, divided into two. V. civetia, Lin. 

 51. Genetta, Genet. Scent-bag simple and shallow. 



{b.) One bruising grinder in the upper jaw. Destitute 

 of a coecum. Body not much thicker than the head. Mus- 

 teladoe, including the species of the genus Mustek of Lin- 



N.EUS. 



Two tearing grinders in the upper, and three in the 

 lower jaw. 



52. PuTORius. Polecat. Bruising grinder in the up- 

 per jaw broader than long. Chewing grinder below desti- 

 tute of a tubercular surface. Putorius vulgaris. 



53. Mephitis. Skunk. Bruising grinders as long as 

 broad. Chewing grinders below, with two tubercles on 

 the inner side. Nails of the toes produced. 



Three tearing grinders in the upper jaw. 



54. Must EL A. Martin. Four tearing grinders in the 

 lower jaw. M. martis. 



9,. No bruising grinder in the lower jaw. 



55. Hy.ena. Three tearing grinders in the upper, and 

 four in the lower jaw, on each side ; scent-bag large. 

 This genus includes two species,— the Spotted and Striped 

 Hyaena. 



56. Felis. Cat *. Two tearing grinders in both jaws. 

 The sharp eminences of chewing grinders, and the di- 



* The Felis catus, or Wild Cat, which still frequents the remote woods of 

 Britain, is probably a different species from the domestic cat, of which it 

 has usually been regarded as the stock. The tail of the domestic cat is ta- 

 pering, of the wild cat nearly cylindrical. The weight and size of the latter 



