SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Taira or Galora, Buff. Supp. t. 7. .The Great Weasel of 

 Azara, Quad, of Paraguay. Galera, Brown's Jamaica. 

 Cariqueibein, Marcgrave ; la Saricovienne, Buff. t. xiii.? 



Icon. Buff. Supp. torn. vii. pi. 60. Brown, Jamaica, 

 pi. 49. f. ]. 



Inhabits parts of South America. 



Obs. The two last-mentioned species have the cheek teeth 

 ff, and may, therefore, be treated as a sub-genus. 



II. Ratellus. F. Cuvier. Cheek teeth f^ ; two false in 

 the upper jaw, and three in the lower. 



335. 1. G. Ratel (the Ratel.) Gray above, black under- 

 neath, with a longitudinal white line on each side, from 

 the ears to the tail ; body thick and heav5% 



Viverra Mellivora, Gm.i. 91. V. Capensis, Gm. 89. 



Rattel, Sparman, Act. Stockholm, 1111. The Fizzler 

 Weasel, Pen. Quad. Blaireau Puant of Lacaille''s Travels. 

 Honey Weasel, Shaw's Zool. 395. Cape Weasel, Id. Zool. 

 396. Hardwick, Lin. Trans. \.ix.1 



Icon. Schreb. 125. Sparman, as above, pi. 4.f. 3. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



Obs. The Ursus Indicus of Shaw, Indian Badger of Pen- 

 nant, are said to be varieties of the Ratel. 



The Atok Gulo Quitensis, and the Mapurito of the 

 Baron Humboldt, have been placed in this sub-genus, on 

 account of their plantigrade motion ; but M. Desmarest and 

 other systematic writers, refer these two species to the sub- 

 genus of Mephitic Weasels, the species of which may be 

 said to be semi-plantigrade. The Labrador Glutton, of 

 Sonini, appears to be a Badger. 



336. 2. G. Orientalis (the Nyentek of Java.) Glossy 

 reddish brown ; white patches about the head and throat ; 

 and a long pyramidical white patch from the top of the 



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