Class I. 



FITCHET. 



105 



GENUS X. WEESEL. 



Nose sharp. 



Body slender. 



Toes five before, five behind. 



Putorius. Polecat or Fitchet. 

 Raii syn. quad. igg. 



Meyers an. il. Tah. 6. 



Charlton ex. 20. 



Gesn. quad. 767. 



Mustela pilis in exortu ex ci- 

 nereo albidls, colore nigrl- 

 cante terminatis, oris cir- 

 cumferentia alba. Brisson 

 quad. 180. 



Brit. Ffvvlbard 



Fren. Le Putois 



Jtal. Foetta^ Puzolo 



Span. Putoro 



De Buffon Tom. vii. IQQ. Tab. 14. FiTCHET. 



23. 

 Mustela Putorius. Gm. Lin. 96. 

 Mustela foetida. Klein, quad. Q3. 

 Mustela flavescente nigricans, 



ore albo, collar! flavescente. 



Faun. Suec. \Q. 

 Br. Zool. 37. Hist. quad. No. 



238. ii. p. 37. ^ ,-^ ., 



Germ. litis, ulk, Buntsing 

 Dut. Bousing 

 Sived. Iller 

 Dan. Ilder. 



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XHE length of this animal is about seventeen Descrip- 



. . . TIOX. 



inches, exclusive of the tail ; that of the tail six. 

 The shape of this species, in particular, as well 

 as of the whole genus, is long and slender; the 

 nose sharp-pointed, and the legs short, in fine, 

 admirably formed for insinuating itself into the 

 smallest holes and passages, in search of prey. 

 It is very nimble and active, runs very fast, will 



