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THE ZIBET,! 
Wuzucs differs from the civet, in having a body longer and less thick, a snout 
flatter, more slender, and somewhat concave at the upper part; its hair is 
much shorter and softer; it has no mane, no black under the eyes, or upon 
the cheeks. All these characteristics are peculiar to, and very remarkable 
in, the civet 
THE JAVANESE CiViE T? 
Dirrers considerably from the common civet. The body, narrow, com- 
pressed, and higher behind than before, is from fifteen to eighteen inches 
long. The back is strongly arched. The muzzle is narrow and tapering; 
the ears short and rounded; the profile forms a perfectly straight line; the 
tail, tapering gradually to the tip, is as long as the body, and is marked 
with eight or nine broad, black rings, which alternate with as many of a 
grayish hue. A much lighter gray than that of the civet composes the 
ground color; there isa broad, longitudinal dorsal line of black, and on 
each side two or three narrower black lines, consisting of confluent spots. 
Over the rest of the body these spots are thickly but rather irregularly scat- 
tered, so as to constitute a series of flexuous, dotted lines. The side of the 
aeck above is occupied by a deep, longitudinal black line, and, below, there 
ts a second, which is more obliquely placed. The head is grayish, and has 
no spots; and the legs are externally black. 
1 V. zibetha, Lin. V. Rasse, Horsr. 
