SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



342. 4. P. Nudipes (Java Ferret.) Fur brilliant golden 

 yellow ; forehead and tip of the tail yellow white ; soles of 

 the feet quite naked. Length of the body and head ten 

 inches and a half, tail six inches. 



Mustela Nudipes, F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. N. 32, t. 3. 

 Icon. F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. N. 32. t. 3. 

 Inhabits Java. 



343. 5. P. Sarmatica (the Perouasca or Sarmatian Wea- 

 sel.) Fur rich brown, spotted with yellow ; throat and 

 belly black. 



Mustela Sarmatica, Pallas, Spic. Zool. 14. 



Tiger litis, Pallas, Itiner. j. 175 and 454. Sarmatian 

 Weasel, Shaw. Paraeiasta, Russians. 



Icon. Pallas, Spic. Zool. tab. 4./. 1. Nov. Act. Petrop. 

 XI v./. 10. Schreber, tab. 132. Ency. Method, t. 82, f. 4. 



Inhabits Poland and Russia Proper. 



344. 6. P. Vulgaris (the Common Weasel.) Reddish- 

 brown above, white underneath. Length of the body and 

 head six inches ; tail an inch and a half. 



M. Vulgaris, Lin. Sys. Nat. i. 



Belette, Buf. vii. Weasel, Penn. Brit. Zool. 39. 



Icon. Schreber, tab. 137. A. Buff. vii. pi. 29, /. 1. 

 Pennant's Brit. Zool. fig. Ency. Method, t. 84. /. 1. 

 Shaw, Zool. F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. f. 2. 



Inhabits most of the temperate and the northern parts 

 of the old world, and North America. 



Var. a. Nivalis. White, with tip of the tail black. 



Mustela Nivalis, Lin. Faun. Suec. 7. M. Vulgaris, B. 

 Gmelin, Sys. Nat. M. Erminea, B. Bodd. 



Belette des neiges, Ency. 

 ' Icon. Ency. Method, t. 83. f. 4. 



Var. b.? Africana. Body above reddish brown, b neath 

 pale yellow, with a narrow central longitudinal brown hand. 

 Length of the body and head ten inches, tail seven. 



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