MAMMALIA. FERiE. Fkchet. 167 



Inhabits Barbary. — This animal is of an intermediate fize between the Civet and the Genet : The 

 fnout, from the tip to above the nofe, is black, having a white fpot among the whifkers below the 

 eyes ; the hair is long, being afh coloured at the roots, and black at the points ; the tail is longer 

 than the body; the claws are yellow : Between the penis and anus is a naked part of the' (kin of 

 the perineum, having a double fold, from which the trivial name is derived. — Pallas. 



321 22. Spanilh Genet. — 21. Viverra Genetta. 6. 



Has a long tail marked with coloured rings ; and the body is covered with duiky 

 blackifTi fpots. Schreber, iii. 423. t. cxiii. 



Muftela, Weafel, having the tail variegated with alternate black and white rings. BrirT. quad. 

 186. — Genette. Belon. obfi 73. Gelh. quad. 549. — Genith kaze, Chat d'Efpagne. Ridinger, ilium, 

 thier. t. Q\_D. S. xxviii. — Genet. Shi. Buff. v. 254. pi. cxxviii. Penn. hill, of quad. n. 224. 



Inhabits about Conftantinople, in weftern Afia, Spain, and the fouth of France. — This animal re- 

 fembles the Zibet a good deal, but is confiderably fmaller; being feventeen inches in length from nofe 

 to tail, which is above a foot in length ; like the Zibet and Civet, it is provided with an aperture, or 

 fac, which lecretes a very weak perfume ; the muzzle is fharper, the feet are fhorter, and the tail is 

 longer in proportion than in the Zibet : The Genet frequents moift places, and the neighbourhood 

 of brooks ; it is of gentle difpofitions, and eaflly domefticated; and, like the Cat, is ufeful for catching 

 mice ; the body is long, with ihort legs, a {lender head, and fharp muzzle ; the hair is foft, fhining, 

 and of a greyifh afh colour, marked with black fpots, which are round and detached on the fides, but 

 unite on the back, fo as to form the appearance of continued black longitudinal ftreaks ; on the neck 

 and ridge of the back is a black lift of long hair, forming a mane ; the black fpots on the neck form 

 bars or ftreaks ; and the tail has feven or eight black, and as many whitifh rings, alternating with 

 each other ; on each fide there are fix grinders in each jaw. 



322 23. St Gerrnains Genet. — Viverm gallic a. 



Has a long bufliy tail, the firft third part of which is whitifh grey, mixed with black 

 hairs, and obfcurely marked with blackim rings, and the other two thirds are black. 

 Sm. Buff. v. 256. pi. cxxix. 



The country of this quadruped is unknown. It was fhown at the fair of St Gerrnains in 1772. — 

 The body and head are twenty inches long, and the tail fixteen ; the head is long and flender, with a 

 long muzzle, round black ears, large eyes, and long black whifkers, lying flat on the cheeks ; the nofe 

 is black, and the noftrils are much arched ; a black line, beginning above the nofe, extends to be- 

 tween the eyes, having a white line on each fide of it ; there is a white fpot above each eye, and a 

 white line below each; the hair on the body is of a whitifh grey, mixed with large black hairs, which 

 form a kind of blackifh undulations; the upper part of the back is ftriped and fpott'ed with black, and 

 the reft of the body is very obfcurely fpotted with the fame ; the belly is whitifh, the legs and thighs 

 black ; the paws are fhort, having five toes on each, armed with white crooked claws ; the hair on 

 the upper part of the neck is fomewhat bufliy ; the tail is thick at the origin : This is a fierce, biting 

 animal, which feeds on flefli; and has the phyfiognomy and principal characters of the Spanifii Genet. 



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