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COASSE. 
Viverra Vulpecula. V, iota castanea, naso prodncto. Lin, Syst, 
Nat, GmeL p.Sy, 
Dark chesnut-coloured W. with lengthened snout. 
Coasse. Buff. 13. jo. 288. j;/. 38. 
This animal is about the size of the Polecat; 
measuring eighteen inches from nose to tail : the 
tail is long and full of hair: the whole animal is 
of a deep or blackish chocolate-colour, but the 
tail is sometimes mixed with white. It is a na- 
tive of Mexico and many other parts of America^ 
and possesses the power of emitting, when at- 
tacked or irritated, such powerfully offensive ef- 
fluvia, as, in most instances, effectually to discom- 
fit and repel its pursuers. 
STRIATED WEESEL. 
Viverra Striata. 
Viverra Putorius. V, nigricans, lineis quinque dorsalihus'paral- 
lelis albis. Lin. Syst. Nat, Gmel. jp. 87. 
Blackish W. with five parallel, white, dorsal stripes. 
Mustela nigra, taeniis in dorso albis. Briss. Quadr. p. 181. 
Striated Weesel. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 64, 
Conepate. Buf. 83. p. 2S8, pi, 40. 
It has been imagined, and not without a de- 
gree of probability, that this animal is the female 
of the former. It is of the same size and general 
aspect, but is distinguished by five parallel longi- 
