160 MAMMALIA. . TERM. Fitch. . 



Inhabits the country at the Cape of Good Hope. — This animal is fimilar in form to the Pol 

 but larger, being near two feet long : The ears are very fhort and hairy ; the mouth is garnished 

 with a fingle row of blackifh whifkers; the hair is coarfe, finning, and is mixed with yellow, brovn, 

 and black colours ; the feet are black. 



303 4. African Ichneumon. — Viverra News. 



The tail is thick at the bafe, and tapers to a point, of the fame colour with the reft. ' 

 Neipfe, Nems, or Nims. Sim. Buff. vii. 221. pi. ccxxiv. 



Inhabits the eaftern part of Africa. — This fpecies is about thirteen inches long, from the muzzle 

 to the origin of the tail, which is twelve inches in length ; the fore parts of the body are five and a 

 half, and the hinder parts fix and a half inches high; thi m le is very marp, and has no whifkers; 

 the ears are fhort and naked ; the whole upper parts of the body are covered with long coarfe hair, 

 of a mixed dark brown and dirty white colour ; the belly is of a bright yellow 5 the head and fpace 

 round the eyes are yellowifh ; the nofe and cheeks are covered with fhort brown hair of various 

 fhades ; the legs are covered with fhort hair of a deep yellow colour ; on each paw are four toes, 

 with a fmall one behind the reft, and the claws are {mall and black. 



304 5- Zenik. — 4. Viverra Zenik. 27. 



Has only four toes on each foot : The body is of a grey colour, having ten tranfverfe 

 black (beaks ; the tail is of a dark reddifh brown colour, and is black at the point. 



Sonner. It. ii. 145. t. 92. 



Inhabits the country of the Hottentots. — The Zenik is about the fize of the Water Rat, being 

 about feven inches long : The claws on the fore feet are very long, and almoft ftraight ; thofe on the 

 hind feet are fhort, and hooked ; the tail is {lender ; the fnout long; and, according to Sonnerat, 

 there are only two fore-teeth in each jaw, together with fix tulks. 



205 6, Surikate.-— 5. Viverra tetradaclyla. 9. 



Has only four toes on each foot ; the nofe is long and flexible. Schreber, iii. 434. t. cxvii. 



Four-toed Weafel. Tvliller, on var. fub.T. xx. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 212. — Surikate. Sm. Buff, 

 vii. 166. pi. ccxv. — Klapper-maus, Meer-Rat, or Suracatje *. Pallas, Mifcel. zool. sg. 60. 



Inhabits the fouth of Africa, and the iflahd of Java. — Is about a foot long from nofe to tail, which 

 is about eight inches long : It feeds on animal food, and eats raw flefh ; being particularly fond of 

 chickens, eggs, and fifti ; it burrows in the ground, digging the earth with its fore feet ; is eafily 

 tamed, and in that ftate is of gentle manners. The head is dcprefTed ; the muzzle is very fharp 

 pointed, the upper jaw being much longer than -the lower, and the tip of the nofe is black; the cheeks 

 are inflated ; the mouth is furrounded with black whifkers, which grow from warty tuberofities ; the 

 ears are black, fmall, rounded, and flat ; the back is broad and rounded ; the belly broad and flat ; 



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* Vide note to the Palm Squirrel. — T, 



