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THE BRASILIAN WEASEL. 



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. 



Rufous-grey Weafel, with the tail annulated, and the fnout long and 

 moveable. 



The Coati mondi. 



The Brafilian Weafel. 



Petin. Qiiadr. 2. p. 6x. 



T^HIS animal has been differently arranged by naturalifhs. BriiTon has 

 -*■ placed it under the genus Urfus, or Bear, rather than that of Viverra. 

 Its charaders however furely approach much nearer to thofe of the latter 

 than the former; and it has accordingly been confidered by Linnasus, and 

 moft other fucceeding writers, as belonging to the weafel tribe. Its fize is 

 at leaft equal to that of a cat. Its general colour is of a cinererous brown, 

 or afh-colour, with a call of reddifh. The tail, which is of very confider- 

 able length, is annulated with diftindl circles of black. One of its moft 



E 2 remarkable 



