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The Cape Fox, (Canis Mesomelas,)* Schreb. XCV. 



Yellow on the flanks, the middle of the back 

 black, mixed with white, and finishing in a point 

 at the end f . 



The Civets (Viverra), 



Have three false molars above and four below, the 

 anterior of which occasionally drop out; two tuber- 

 culous teeth, tolerably large above, one only below, 

 and two projecting tubercles on the internal side of 

 the lower carnivorous tooth in front, the rest of 

 this tooth being more or less tuberculous. The 

 tongue is covered with sharp and rough papilla?. 

 Their claws are partly straightened as they walk, 

 and near the anus is a pouch more or less deep, 

 where an unctuous and odoriferous matter exudes 

 from peculiar glands. 



They are divided into four sub-genera : 



The Civets, properly so called, (Viverra, Cuv.) 



In which the deep pouch situated between the anus 

 and the organ of generation, and divided into two 



* Gmelin has confounded it with the Adive of Buffon, a facti- 

 tious species not differing from the Sachal. 



t The Fennec of Bruce, which Gmel. names Canis Cerdo, and 

 IHg. Megalotis, is too little known to be classified. It is a small 

 animal of Africa, whose ears almost equal the whole body in size 

 ind which climbs trees. Neither the teeth nor toes have been 

 described. 



