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MUSTELADiM. 



MUSTELADM. 



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Genus, Mustela, 



WEASEL. 



Generic 0/iaracter, — Body elongated, vermifovm ; feet short ; toea sepa- 

 rate ; claws sharp ; ears small ; grinding teeth 1;| ; tongue rough. 



COMMON WEASEL. 



Mustela vulgaris. 



Specific ChoA-acler. — Reddish brown ahove, white heneath ; tail of the 

 same colour as the upper part of the body. 



Mustela imlgaris, Linn. Syst. Nat. Desmar. Mam. p. 179, sp. 27S. Flem. 



Brit. An. p. 13. Jentns, Brit. Vert. p. 12. 

 ViveiTa vulgaris, Shaw, Cren. Zool. I. 2, p. 240. 

 Fdetoriits vuXgwris, Keys, and Blas. Wirbelth. Europ. p. 69, u. 147. Blas. 



Saugth. Deutsoh. p. 231. 

 La Belette, Bufpon, Hist. Nat. YII. p. 225, t. xxix. f. 1. 



Common Weasel, Pennant, Brit. Zool. I. p. 95, t. vii. No. 17. Shaw, G-en. 



Zool. I. p. 420, t. xcviii. 

 With the fur white. 

 Mmtela nivalis, Linn. Fn. Suec. 11. p. 7. — Syst. Nat. I. p. 69. Mdli. 



Zool. Prod. p. 3. 



