1 62 MAMMALIA. FLR2E. Fitchet. 



Inhabits South America.—- This animal is rather larger than the former, from which it differs prin- 

 cipally in colour ; fometimes the tail of this fpecies, or variety, is obfcurely annulated : The hairs on 

 the back and fides are dufky at the roots, brown in the middle, and tipt with yellow; the chin, throat, 

 fides of the cheeks, and belly are yellowifh ; the feet are black and naked : The Coati-mondi digs fo 

 deeply as to bury the whole body, except a fmall part of the tail ; it likewife climbs trees, and even 

 takes the water in fearch of food, living on worms, bread, fruits, roots, egg--, fmall animals, and birds. 



30S 9. Coaffe. — 8. V'roerra iwlpecula. 10. 



Is entirely of a brown or chefnut colour, having a long fnout. Schreber, iii. 440. t. cxx. 



Yzquiepatl, or Little Fox, which refembles the colour of roafted Maize or Coffee. Hernand. 

 Mex. 332. Raj. quad. 181.— Coaffe. Sm. Buff. vii. 295. pi. ccxli. 



Inhabits the foufhern ftates of North America, Louifiana, New Spain, and Mexico. — The Coafle 

 is about fixteen inches long from the nofe to the origin of the tail; the head is of a conical form, 

 with a projecting fnout of a moderate length, having black whHkers; the whole body is covered with 

 long, thick, and coarfe hair, which is of a uniform brown or chefnut colour ; the tail is longer than 

 the hind legs, bufhy, and of the fame colour with the body, the legs are lhort; the feet are large 

 and naked, having four toes on the fore feet ; the claws are black and iharp pointed : When irri- 

 tated or frightened, this animal emits a moft fetid odour ; and the urine ftains and infects whatever 

 it touches, almoft indelibly, with this abominable fcent : It lives in the holes and clefts of rocks, feed- 

 ing on beetles, worms, and fmall birds. 



309 10. Quafje — 9. Viverra £>uasje, 1 1. 



Qf a chefnut colour above and yellowim underneath ; having a long fnout, and the 

 tail being furrounded with different coloured rings. Syft. nat. ed. x. i. 44. 



Meles fpadiceo-nigricans, or Badger, of a deep blackifh chefnut colour, having a dufky tail va- 

 riegated with yellowifh rings. Briff. quad. 185.— Ichneumon, called Yzquiepatl. Seba, Muf. i. 68. 

 t. 42. f. 2. — Tamandua mexicana, Yzquiepatl, or Little Fox. Seba, Muf. i. 66. t. 40. f. 2.? — 

 Stifling Weefel. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 216. 



Inhabits Surinam This animal is probably the fame with, or a variety of, the preceding : Its ge- 

 neral figure, colour, and manners, are the fame; it digs in the ground, feeds on worms, infects, and 

 fruits; may be domefticated, and is very fetid. 



310 II. Striped Skunk. — 10. Viverra Putorius. 4. 



Of a blackifh colour, having five parallel white ftripes, from the head along the back 

 and fides to the tail. Schreber, iii. 442. t. exxii. 



Muftela nigra, or Black Weafel, having white ftripes on the back. Briff. quad. 181.— Polecat, 

 Skunk, orFiikatta. Catefby Carol, ii. 61. t. 62.— Conepate. Sm .Buff. vii. 295. pi. ccxliii.— Striated 

 Weefel. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 217. Ar<ft. zool. 11. 32. 



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