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THE LEVERIAN FOSSANE. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Six cutting-teeth, and two canine teeth in each jaw. 

 Sharp nofe : flender body. 

 Five toes before : five behind. 



Pennant. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 



Cinereous Weafel (FofTane), fpotted with black; with the tail anmilatcd ; 

 the cheeks and throat black ; with a white fpot beneath each eye. 



The Foflane Weafel. Var. 



Penn. Hijl. Quad. vol. 2' p. 76.. 



'T^HE Foffane in its moft common or general ftate, has been long ago 

 ■*■ defcribed with fufficient exa(n:nefs by the Count de Buffon, and other 

 naturalifts. It is an inhabitant of the Eaft Indies and fome parts of Afri- 

 ca. In its difpofition and manner of life it refembles moft others of the 

 weafel tribe. It is commonly of a cinereous color, with fome flight mix- 

 ture of a ferrugineous tint ; and is marked with three or four black ftreaks 

 proceeding from the back part of the head, and running along the ftioul- 

 ders over the fore-part of the back. The prefent fpecimen however varies 

 fo much from the general appearance as to color, that Mr. Pennant in his 



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