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being more or less tuberculous. The tongue is bristled with sharp 
and rough papille. Their claws are more or less raised as they 
walk, and near the anus is a pouch more or less deep, where an 
unctuous and frequently an odorous matter oozes from peculiar 
glands. They are divided into four subgenera. | 
Viverra, Cuv. 
In the true Civets the deep pouch situated between the anus and 
the organ of generation, and divided into two sacs, is filled with 
an abundant pommade of a strong musky odour, secreted by glands 
which surround the pouch. This substance is an article of com- 
merce, and is used by the perfumers. It was more employed when 
musk and ambergrease were unknown. The pupil of the eye re- 
mains round during the day, and their claws are only semi-retrac- 
tile. 
V. civetta, L.; Buff. 1X, xxxiv. (The Civet.) Ash-coloured, 
irregularly barred and spotted with black ; the tail less than the 
body, black towards the end, with four or five rings near its 
base; two black bands encircling the throat, and one surround- 
ing the face ; a mane along the whole length of the spine and 
tail that bristles up at the will of the animal. From the hot- 
test parts of Africa. 
V. zibetha, L.; Buff. 1X, xxxi. (The Zibet.) Ash-coloured, 
spotted with black; black half-rings on the whole tail; black 
bands on the sides of the neck; no mane. From the East In- 
dies. 
GEnNeETTA, Cuv. 
In the Genets the pouch is reduced to a slight depression formed | 
by the projection of the glands, and has scarcely any visible excre- 
tion, although an odour is diffused from it that is very perceptible. 
In the light the pupil forms a vertical fissure, and the nails are com- 
pletely retractile, as in the Cat. 
V. genetta, L. (The Common Genet.) Grey, spotted with 
brown or black, the muzzle blackish; white spots on the eye- 
brows, cheeks and each side of the end of the nose; tail the 
length of the body, annulated with black and white, the black 
rings being from nine to eleven in number. Found from the 
south of France to the Cape of Good Hope, differing in the size 
~-and number of the spots in the bands along the shoulder and 
. neck, as well as in the lines on the nape of the neck, SE C1) It 
Be?) The best figure of a Genet is” ‘that given by Pennant, Synops. No. 172, 
dist. No. 280, under the improper name of Fossane. It is the variety most fre- 
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