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which M. Cuvier has retained the generic name of 
Mustela, are distinguished from the rest by being fur- 
nished with an additional rudimentary false molar in 
either jaw. Their muzzles are consequently somewhat 
more lengthened than those of the other divisions. 
They have also a small tubercle on the inner side of the 
lower lacerator; and these two characters indicate a 
trifling diminution in their carnivorous propensities. 
Their walk is digitigrade, but less completely so than in 
the Dogs and Cats ; and their fur is, generally speaking, 
remarkable for its length, its fineness, and its gloss. 
The fine species which forms the subject of the pre- 
sent article is the largest of the group. It is an animal 
of extreme rarity, having been well described and figured 
for the first time by Dr. Horsfield, in the Zoological 
Journal, about twelve months ago, under the name of 
Mustela Hardwickii, from a skin presented by General 
Hardwicke to the Museum of the East India Com- 
pany. It had, however, escaped the researches of that 
excellent zoologist that the living animal had been seen 
by Pennant so long ago as the year 1774, and was 
described by him in the first edition of his History of 
Quadrupeds, published in 1781, briefly indeed, but in 
terms sufficiently precise not to be mistaken. From 
this description of Pennant, the only writer previous to 
Dr. Horsfield who appears to have had any personal 
knowledge of the animal, it was adopted into the compi- 
lations of Boddsert and Shaw ; the former of whom 
gave it the appellation of Mustela flavigula, (which, as 
the first published Latin name, we have been compelled 
reluctantly to admit), and the latter designated it as 
the Viverra quadricolor. It seems to have been either 
passed over, or regarded as doubtful, by all the other 
compilers of general lists of the Mammalia. 
The Society's animal, which we presume to be the 
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