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PALLAS'S PARADOXURE. 



Paradoxurus Pallasii, Gray. 



India. 



INDIAN CIVET CAT. 

 Viverra Rasse, Horsf. 



From the Continent and Islands of India. It has been described by Dr. Horsfield 

 as it exists in Java. Emits a musky odour. 



BROWN COATI-MONDI. 

 Nasua fusca, F. Ciiv. 



Native of South America. — Presented by Sir Benjamin D'Urban. 



RED COATI-MONDI. 



Nasua rufa, F. Ctiv. 



Native of the warm parts of South America. — Presented by H. B. Hillier, Esq. 



PATAS, OR RED MONKEY. 

 Cercopithecus ruber, Erxl. 



A specimen recently received from P. L. Strachan, Esq., obtained from Teembo 

 the capital of the Foulah country, about 300 miles inland from Sierra Leone. 



PINE MARTEN. 

 Mustela martes, Linv. 



British Islands. — Presented by — .Fuller, Esq. 



COMMON MARTEN. 

 Mustela Foina, Linn. 



British Islands. — Presented by Sir R. Heron. 



GREY ICHNEUMON. 

 Herpestes griseus. III. 



Native of India, where it is frequently kept in houses, similarly to the domestic cat. 



VIVERRINE OPOSSUM. 

 Dasyurus viverrinus, Geoff. 



Australia. — Presented by C. B. Vivaash, Esq. 



MAUGE'S OPOSSUM. 

 Dasyurus Maugei, Geoff. 



Both Marsupial inhabitants of New Holland. — Donors, Waited" Buchanan, Esq., 

 and C. B. Vivaash, Esq. 



COMMON HEDGEHOG. 

 Erinaceus vulgaris, Linn. 

 British Islands. 



HORY MARMOT. 



Presented by R. King, Esq. 



AGOUTIES, OR BRAZILIAN CAVIES. 

 Dasyprocta Acuti, 111. 



Natives of Brazil and the various parts of South America, where they are eaten by 

 the inhabitants. They readily become tame. Feed on roots and fruits. When angry 

 they strike the ground with their legs like a rabbit. — One of these was presented by 

 Capt. George Francis Lyon, R.N.; the other by Lieut. Matthew Curling Friend, R.N. 



CHINCHILLA. 



Chinchilla lanigera, Benn. 

 South America. 



HACKEE SQUIRREL. 

 Tamias Lysteri, Rich. 



URSINE OPOSSUM. 

 Dasyurus ursinus, Geoff, 



