THE GENET, 



Generic Characters. 

 Six cutting teeth, and two canine teeth in each jaw. 

 Nofe Iharp, body llender. 

 Five toes on each foot. 



• Synonims. 



La Genette, Belon Obf. 74. de Buffbfi, ix. 343. tab. xxxvi. 



Genetha, Gefner Quad. 549, 550. 



Coati, ginetta Hispanis, Klein Quad. 73. 



MUSTELA CAUDA EX -ANNULIS ALTERNATIM ALBIDIS AT NIGRIS 



variegata, Briffon Quad. 186. 

 Viverra Genetta, Linn. Syjl. 65. 



THE body of the Genet is about eighteen inches long, the tail ten. The 

 head is long and llender, ending in a lharp nofe like the Civet, but the ears 

 are more pointed. The body is clothed with two kinds of hair, the longeft 

 of which is about half an inch, and, like the Civet, polfeiTes the variety of 

 colour, from which the fpots and marks are formed. The colour of this 

 animal is a tawny red, fpotted with black ; thefe fpots are diftind and 

 feparate on the lides, but unite together on the back, fo as to form a black 

 line or lines, which extend the whole length of the animal. The tail is 

 beautifully annulated with tawny and black alternately. The feet are black. 

 The Genet, like the reft of its family, is furnifhed with glands under its tail, 

 which fecrete a kind of perfume, fomewhat refembling civet, but the fmell 

 of it is fainter, and it foon evaporates ; thefe glands open rather differently 

 from thofe of other animals of its kind. 



