ICHKEUMON. S79 
generic character above given. It is proper to 
add, that in the Linnaean Mustelae, the lower 
front-teeth do not stand in a regular or even line, 
but two are placed interiorly, or within the line 
of the rest. In most of the Linnsean Viverras the 
tongue is aculeated backwards ; but this is a cha- 
racter found likewise in some of the Mustelas. 
ICHNEUMON. 
Viverra Ichneumon. V. cauda e basi incrassata sensim attenmfa 
apice Jioccoso, pollicibus remotiusculis* Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel, 
p, 84. 
Grey I. with distant thumbs, and tail gradually tapering from a 
thick base, and tufted at the end. 
Mustela pilis ex albido et nigro variegatis vestita. Briss. Quadr, 
p. 181. 
Ichneumon que les Egyptiens nomment Rat de Pharaon. Bdon, 
obs.p. 95. 
Ichneumon. Gesn. Quadr. ^66. Aldr. dig. p. 298. 
Var.f 
Viverra Mungo. F. cauda c basi crassa sensim attenuata nm 
j^occosa, pollicibus remotiusculis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 84. 
Rufous-grey I. with distant thumbs, and untufted tail, gradu- 
ally tapering from a thick base. 
Viverra Ichneumon /3. Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 63. 
Mustela glauca. Lin Syst. Nat. ed. 5.- Am. acad. 2. p. 109. 
Viverra ex griseo rubescens. Briss. Quadr. p. 177. 
Mustela seu Viverra Indis Mangutia. Kcempf. am. ex. 574. 
Jndian ichneumon. Edwards, pi. 199. 
Mangouste. Biff, i^, p, 1^0. pi, ig. 
The Ichneumon is a species of which there 
3eem to be two distinct varieties, one of which is 
