S9^ GRISON. 
the extremity; it is as bushy and elegant as that 
of the Mephitic Weesel. The same faculty is as- 
cribed to this as to the three former species. 
MAPURITO. 
Viverra Mapurito. V. nigra, fascia nivea a fronte ad dorsi me' 
dium product a, auriculis mllis. Lin. Syst. Nat, GmeL p. 88, 
Black W. with snow-white band from the forehead to the mid- 
dle of the back, and without any external ears. 
Viverra Putorius. Mutis. Act. Holm. 1769, jo. 68. 
This is said to measure twenty inches to the 
tail, which is nine inches long, and whitish at 
the tip. It inhabits New Spain, and burrows 
under ground, feeding on worms and insects. 
Perhaps no other than a variety of the Mephitic 
Weesel. 
GEISON. 
Viverra Vittata. F. nigricatiSj vitfa alba ah humeris adfrontem , 
producta, Lin. Syst, Nat. Gmel. p. 88. 
Blackish W. with a broad white band from the forehead to each 
shoulder. 
Grison. Biiff'. ed. Allamand, i^. p. 6^. pi. S. 
Mouffette du Chili? Byfi". suppl. 7. p. 233. 57.? 
The length of the Grison from nose to tail is 
about seven inches, and the tail is rather more 
than half the length of the body. The upper 
part of the body is of a deep brown^ each hair 
