IV CONTENTS. 



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Order Carnivora 85 



Section Digitigrada 85 



Family Felidae 35 



Lion (Felts led) 37 



Leopard (Felis leopardus) 45 



Tiger (Felis tigris) 47 



Chittah (Felis jubata) 47 



Margay (Felis tigrind) 48 



Ocelot (Felis pardaUs) 49 



Sierra Leone Cat (Felis servalina) 49 



Caracal (Felis caracal) 50 



Lynx (Felis lynx) 51 



Family Viverridce , 51 



Zibet ( Viverra zibetha) 51 



Genette ( Viverra genettd) 53 



Civet ( Viverra civetta) 53 



Suricate ( Viverra (JRhyzaena) tetradactyla) 55 



Striped Hyaena (Hyaena vulgaris) 57 



Family Canidce 59 



Dog (Canis familiaris) 59 



Dingo (Canis Novae Hollandiae) 63 



Fox (Canis vulpes) 64 



Virginia Fox (Canis vidpes, var. Virginianus) 64 



Fennec ( Cam's zerda) 65 



" Banks's Sine caeco " (Mangusta heipestes ?) 66 



Family Mustelidce 66 



Martin-Cat (Mustela martes) 66 



Ferret (Putorms fnro, var.) 67 



Stoat (Putorius erminea) 69 



Zorille (Mustela zorilla) '. 69 



Otter (Lutra vulgaris) 71 



Grison (Galictis vittata) 74 



Skunk (Mephitis chinche) 75 



Javanese Skunk (Mydaus meliceps) 76 



Ratel, or "Shea-gosh "* (Ratelus mellivorm) 77 



Wolvereen ( Gido luscus) 80 



Section Plantigrada 82 



Family Melidce 82 



Badger (Meles teams) 82 



Carcajou (Meles Labradoria) 83 



* " P.S. There are some big news from the East Indies. I don't know what, 

 except that the hero Olive has taken Mazulipatam and the Great Mogul's grand- 

 mother; I suppose she will be brought over and put into the Tower with the 

 Shahgoest, the strange Indian beast that Mr. Pitt gave to the King this winter." — 

 Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann, dated " March 4, 1760." Collected ed. 

 8ro. 1857, vol. hi. p. 294. 



