406 MALACCA WEESEL. 
native of India, and was first described and figured 
by Mons. Sonnerat. 
MALACCA WEESEL. 
Vivcrra Malaccensis. V. cauda nigro annulata elongata, corporc 
griseo supra nigro-guttato, rnacuUs quatuor rotundis supra ocU' 
los, fasciis colli dorsique tribus nigris. Lin. Si/st. Nat. Gmel. 
p. 92. 
Grey W. with longitudinal black stripes on the neck and nnnp, 
and round black spots on the sides. 
La Civette de Malacca. Sonner. voy, 2. p. 144. pi. 91. 
This, a native of Malacca, is one of those ani- 
mals which v/e owe to the assiduity of Mons. Son- 
nerat. He says it is of the size of a domestic Cat, 
and that it has the same character and manners. 
The whole animal is of a pearl-grey, deepest on 
the upper parts: the snout is longish; the ears 
small and round, and the limbs short; the claws 
five in number, weak, crooked, and retractile. 
The top of the head is black ; and it has four 
round black spots above each eye, situated longi- 
tudinally: the eyes are small and black; the pu- 
pil, in some views, oblong. Over the neck run 
three longitudinal black bands, commencing be- 
hind the head, and terminating at the shoulders ; 
and three other bands commence over the loins 
and terminate at the tail: there is also another 
band running along the middle of the belly. On 
each side the body and thighs are thirty round black 
