QUASJE. 
tipped with white^ which gives a grey or hoary 
appearance; the nose, throaty and whole under 
side of the animal, as well as the legs and thighs, 
black; the head is large, and the ears broad 
and short: across the forehead extends a broad 
white line, passing over the eyes and reaching 
as far as the shoulders. It is a native of Suri- 
nam. The specimen above described was sup- 
posed to have been young or half-grown, so that 
its proper measure seems not clearly understood. 
The animal figured in the 7th vol. of Buffon's 
supplement, pi. 57- appears so extremely nearly 
allied to the above, that I cannot but consider 
it as the same species. It was of a bla(:^kish- 
brown colour, with a white band from the fore- 
head on each side the back : the tail white, vil- 
lous, and shortish. 
. QUASJE. 
Viverra Quasje. V, castanea, suhtus Jlavescens, naso product 0 
Cauda annulata, Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 87. 
Chesnut-coloured W. yellowish beneath, with lengthened move- 
able snout, and annulated tail. 
This is said to be a native of Surinam^ bur- 
rowing under ground, and living on worms, insects, 
fruits, &c. it is, perhaps, no other than some va- 
riety of the Coati-Mondi or Brasilian Weesel. 
y. I, p. II. 
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