MAMMALIA. FERiE. Fitchet. i6j 



fition, has no muflt or civet odour, and feeds on flefh, preferring that of birds : Dr Gmclin fufpe&s 

 it to be the fame with the Foffane, defcribed above. 



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326 27, Poto. — 24. Vi'verra caudl'volvula. 



Of a mixed yellow and black colour, with along prehenfile tail. Schreber, iii. 453. 

 t. cxxv. B. and i. 145. t. xlii. 



Yellow Weefel. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 213. pi. xxxvi.— Potto. Sm. BufF. vii. 293. pi. 4th, ccxl — ■ 

 Yellow Maucauco. Penn. fyn. quad. n. 108. 



This animal is faid to inhabit the mountains of Jamaica. — It is of mild and playful difpofitions ; it 

 tifes the end of its tail to lay hold of any objeft, or to fiifpend its body, in the lame way with the Sa- 

 pajous ; and, when afleep, lies with its head under the belly, and rolled up like a ball : The hea I i ■ 

 broad and flat, with fwelling cheeks; it has a fhort dufky nc fe ; finall eyes; 'hort, broad, flapping, and 

 diftant ears; and a very long tongue ; the body is about nineteen inches long, and the tail feventeen ; 

 the fur is fhort, foft, glofly, and clofe fet ; on the head, back, and fides, it is of a mixed black and 

 yellow colour ; the cheeks, infide of the legs, and the belly are yellow ; a broad dufky ftripe runs a- 

 long the middle of the back from the head to the tail, and another, of the fame colour, from the 

 middle of the belly to the tail ; the tail is round, and of a mixed tawny, or chefnut brown, and black 

 colour ; the legs and thighs are very thick and fhort, having five toes, all ftanding forwards, on each 

 foot, armed with large flefh coloured claws, which are fomewhat hooked. 



327 28. Kinkajou. — Vi<verra prehenfilis. 



Of an olive yellow colour, mixed with grey and brown ; having a long prehenfile tail. 

 Sm. Buff. vii. 289. pi. 3d, ccxl. 



Mexican" Weefel. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 214. 



Inhabits Mexico and New Spain. — This animal, which the Count de BufFon thinks to be the fame 

 with the Poto, is about two feet and a half long, and the tail is one foot three inches : It refeinbles 

 the Poto very much, but is greatly larger in all its dimenfions ; its manners are gentle, and lively, 

 having many of the aftions of the Monkey, and ufes its tail like the Sapajous; it fits up, and ufes its, 

 fore paws to catch any thing, or to eat with, like a Squirrel ; it is fond of fugar, and all fweatmeats, 

 fruits, and vegetables ; will likewife attack and kill poultry, fucking their blood from under the wing, 

 but does not eat the flefh : The nofe is duiky; the tongue is very long; the eyes are fmall ; the ears 

 are fhort, rounded,, and dufky ; the fides and under part of the throat, and infides of the legs, are of 

 a lively yellow colour; the belly of a dirty yellowifh. white ; the under part of the paws is naked, and 

 of a vermilion colour, having five toes armed with white hooked claws, which are guttered beneath. 



,., 2 g 29. Ratel. — 25. Viverra mdlivora. 24. 



The back is of a dark grey colour, with a black (freak along each fide; the belly is 



black; the claws are long, hollow underneath, and fitted for digging. Blumenbach 

 Naturg. 97. 



Ratel. Span-man, aft. Stock. 1777, t. iv. f. 3. 

 X T OL. I, Y Inhabits, 



