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The Z I B E T 



is fo fimilar to the Civet, as to be confidered by fome 

 authors as only a variety of that animal ; and it mud be 

 allowed, that they have many effential relations, both 

 in their external and internal (truclure ; but they differ 

 from each other by fuch diftinguifhing characteriftics, 

 as entitle them to be regarded as two diftincT: fpecies. 

 The ears of the Zibet are larger and more eie£l ; and its 

 muzzle is thinner and flatter : Its body is longer than 

 that of the Givet ; and its tail, which is longer, is mark- 

 ed with annular fpots, like that of the Genet : It has no 

 mane nor long hair on the neck and fpine j and its hair 

 is fhorter and fofter. 



The perfume of the Zibet is peculiarly violent and 

 piercing, beyond that of either the Civet or the Genet. — 

 This odorous liquor is found in a fiffure near the organs 

 of generation. It is a thick humour, of the confidence 

 of pomatum; and, though very ftrong, it is agreeable 

 even as it iffues from the body of the animal. — This mat- 

 ter of the Zibet muft not be confounded with mufk, 

 which is a fanguinous humour, derived from a fpecies 

 of the Roe-buck, or Goat without Horns*, and has 



* See page 103. 

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