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FASCIATED ^VEESEL. 
Viverra Fasciata. V. caudce pilis longis nigris et rufescenfibus, 
corpore griseo fasciis sex nigris Imgitudinalibus vario, subtus 
albo. Lin. Si/st. Nat. Gmel. p. 92. 
Grey W. with six longitudinal black bands. 
Chat sauvage a bandes noires des Indes. Soniier. toy. 2. p. 143. 
pi. 90. 
This, says Mons. Sonnerat, measures two feet 
from head to tail, which is nine inches long: it 
has two cutting-teeth in each jaw; those of the in- 
ferior being the strongest: sixteen canine-teeth in 
each jaAV : fives toes on each foot, with strong crook- 
ed claws : body long, covered with even and close- 
set hair; legs short; tail slender, almost as long 
as the body, and ending in a point, like that of a 
Cat: it is marked with black and reddish hairs, 
which are longer than those of the body. This 
creature is of a grey-colour, tinged with reddish 
on the lower parts of the head, neck, legs, and 
feet: the belly is white. On the body are six 
bands of black, four of which are strait, begin- 
ning at the back of the head, and going along 
the body to the tail, where they terminate : the 
two others, which are on each side the belly, are 
waved as it were : they begin at the shoulders, 
and terminate by rounding off on the hind parts ; 
and beneath their termination is a smaller bifid 
one over the thigh. The eyes are lively, and of 
a yellow-colour, with a cast of red : the pupil, in 
some views, appearing oblong. This species is a 
