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bags, is filled with an abundant unction, of a 

 strongly-musked odour. 



The Civet (Viverra Civetta, Lin.) Buff. IX. xxxiv. 



Gray with brown or blackish spots, the tail 

 brown, less than the body. Along the entire 

 back and tail is a mane capable of elevation. 

 This animal comes from the hottest parts of 

 Africa. 



The Zibeth, (Viverra Zibetha, Lin.) Buff. IX. xxxi. 



Gray, shaded with brown, long tail tinged with 

 black. 



The Genets, (Genetta, Cuv.) 



In which the pouch is reduced to a slight hollow 

 formed by the projection of the glands, and almost 

 without any sensible excretion although there is a 

 most manifest odour. 



The Common Genet, (Viverra Genetta, Lin.)Buff. IX. xxxvi. 



Gray, with small round black spots, and a tail 

 tinged with black. As large as a marten, and 

 still more slender. Seems to inhabit from 

 Southern France as far as the Cape of Good 

 Hope*. 



* The Civet of Malacca of Sonnerat, the Genet of the Cape 

 Buff., the Cape- Cat, Foriter, the Bisaam-Cat of Vosmaer, of which 

 Gmelin has made so many species, appear only common Genets. 

 To this subdivision must be referred the radiated Pole-cat of India, 

 Buff. Sup. VII. lvii. (Viv. fasciata, Gm.) 



