J So . MAMMALIA. FERJL Weafels," 



Muftela, or Weafel, of a pale yellow colour. Erxleb. mam. 465. Schreber, iii. 488. t. cxxxiii. — 

 Muftela viverra, Furo, or Ferret, the male having yellowifh fur, intermixed with long hairs which- 

 are tipped with chefnut colour ; the fur of the female being of a whitifh pale yellow colour. Briff. 

 quad. 177. — Muftela fylveftris, Viverra, Furo, or Iftis. Aldrov. dig. 327. Jonft. quad. 154. Raj. 



quad. 1 98. Gem. quad. 762 — Ferret. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 198. Brit. zool. i. 78. and ii. 498. 



Furet, or Furet putois. Sm. Buff. i\\ 252. pi. Ixxv. and lxocvi. 



Inhabits Africa. —From thence this animal was brought into Spain, in order to free that country 

 from rabbits, and from Spain the reft of Europe has been fupplied : It is domefticated, and is em- 

 ployed for hunting rabbits. It procreates twice * year, bringing forth from five to eight young at a 

 birth, very rarely nine. In this country it is apt to degenerate,, for which reafon wareners crofs the 

 breed, procuring an intercourfe between a female Ferret and a male Polecat, by leaving the for- 

 mer, when in feafon, near the haunts of the latter: The produce is of a much darker colour than the 

 Ferret, having ^ great refemblance to the Polecat. The Ferret is much fmaller than the Polecat, the 

 head and body being about fourteen inches long, and the tail five ; the head is narrower, the muzzle 

 fharper, and the whole body more lengthened and thinner; the colour likewife differs confiderably; 

 the Ferret being ufually of a very pale yellow, though that circumftance is variable, as in all domefti-- 

 cated animals. It is very fetid, 



35$ 15. Sarmatian Weafel.— 9. Mujkla formatica. 15. 



The upper part of the body is of a brownifh black colour, fpotted and ftrlped irregu- 

 larly with obfeure yellow. Pallas, It. .1. 453. andSpicel. zool. xiv. 79, t. iv. f. 1. Erxleb. mam. 

 460. Schreber, iii. 490. t. exxxii. 



Muftela Peregufna, or Weafel, called Peregufna, by the Ruffians ; the head, and under parts of 

 the body,. being of a full black, the upper part of the body variegated with dark brown and yellow; 

 the mouth and ears, and a band on the fore-head, white. Guldenftaedt, nov.com. Petrop. xiv. 

 441. 445. t. 10.— Muftela praecinclra, Girdled Weafel, or Perewiafka. Rzaczynfki, hift. nat. Po- 

 lon. 328. and 222.- — Vormela, or Wormlein. Gefn. quad. 768.: — Sarmatian Weefel.. Penn. hift. of 

 quad. n. 196. 



Inhabits Poland, efpeciaily Volhynia, in the deferts of Ruffia between the Volga and Tanais, the 

 mountains of Caucafus, Georgia, and Bucharia. — This is a moft voracious animal, which feeds on Mar- 

 mots, rats, mice, jerboas, birds, and other fmall animals. It procreates in fpring, and, after eight 

 weeks, the female, which has eight teats, brings forth from four to eight young ones: It refembles 

 the Polecat, but has a narrower head, a more lengthened body, a longer tail, and fhorter hair, except 

 on the feet and tail. It lives in holes, fometimes of its own burrowing, but moftly in thofe which 

 have been made by other animals, and is exceedingly fetid,. The head and body are about fourteen 

 inches, and the tail fix inches in. length. 



357 16. Siberian Weafel. — 10. Muftela fibir'ica. 16* 



Of a deep yellow colour, having the foles of the feet exceedingly hairy. 



Sibirian Weefel, called Kolonok by the Ruffians. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 197. Pallas, It. ii. 701%- 



and Spied, zool. xiv. 89. t. iv. f. 2. Erxleb. mam< 47 w. 



Inhabits 



