CAENIVOEOUS QUADEUPEDS. 



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There is a very large 

 trade in the skins of 

 this animal. 



V6. The Civet 

 Cats, which are found 

 in the northern part 

 of Africa, chiefly in 

 Abyssinia, are all re- 

 markable for a pouch 

 near the tail contain- 

 ing a perfume which 

 is quite an article of 

 commerce. A rep- 

 resentation of one spe- 

 cies you have in Fig. 

 29. 



11. The Ichneu- 

 mons are singular an- 

 imals. Having long 

 bodies and short 

 limbs, they creep into 

 very narrow places, and run their slender snouts into 

 every crevice in search of their food, which consists of 

 snakes, lizards, crocodiles' eggs, etc. The Egyptian Ich- 

 neumon, or Pharaoh's Rat, Fig. 30, is often domesticated 



Fig. 28. — Canada Lynx. 



— Civet Cat 



Fig. 30. — Egyptian Ichneumon. 



in houses in Egypt, that it may destroy the snakes and 

 other reptiles that so often infest them in that country. 



78. The domestic Cat is so well known that I need 

 to say little about it. The species has many varieties, 

 though not as many as there are among the dogs. The 

 Cat has a strong attachment to localities, but seldom man- 



