Cxass I. ek dee Cm Hy Ee Fs 
Six cutting teeth, two canine, in each jaw. 
Sharp nofe, flender bodies. 
Five toes before, five behind. 
Putorius. Polecat or Fitchet. De Buffon, Tom. vii. 199. Tab. 
Raii fyn. quad. 199. 22 
Meyer’s an. ii. Tab. 6. Muttela putorius, Lin. ff. 67. 
Charlton ex. 20. Mutftela foetida, Klein quad. 63. 
Gefner quad. 767. Muftela flavefcente nigricans, 
Muftela pilis in exortu ex ci- ore albo, collari flavefcente. 
nereo albidis, colore nigri- Faun. Suec. 16. 
cante terminatis, oris cir- Br, Zool. 37. Syn, quad. No, 
cumferentia alba. Briffox 152. 
quad. 180. 
Brit. Ffwibard Germ. IItis, ulk, Buntfing 
Fren. Le Putois Dut. _ Bonfing 
ftal. | Foetta, Puzolo Swed.  Iller 
Span. Putoro Dan. Ider 
\HE leneth of this animal is about feventeen 
inches, exciufive of the tail; that of the tail 
fix. The fhape of this animal in particular, as well 
as of the whole genus, is long and flender; the 
nofe fharp-pointed, and the legs fhort: in fine, ad- 
mirably formed for infinuating itfelf into the fmall- 
eft holes and paffages, in fearch of prey: it is very 
nimble and active, runs very fatt, will creep up the 
fides of walls with great agility, and {pring with 
vaft force. In running, the belly feems to touch 
the ground: in preparing to jump, it arches its 
back, which affifts it greatly in that action. 
The 
Xx. WEESEL, 
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