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GALERA. 
Viverra Galera. 
Mustek Galera. M. Tata fusca. Lin, Syst. Nat. Gmel. 95/ 
W. entirely brown- 
Vansire. Buf. 13. p, 167. pL 21. 
Tayra ou Galera. Bvf. i^^p. 1^5. 
Madagascar Weesel. Fennant Qiiadr. 2.p. ^1. 
Guinea Weesel. Fennant Qiiadr. 2. p. 53. 
The length of this species is about fourteen 
inches from nose to tail, and of the tail, which 
tapers to the end, about ten: the ears nearly 
naked, round, and lying flat to the head: the 
tongue rough : the shape of the body like that of 
a rat : the hair is rough. It is an inhabitant of 
Madagascar and of Guinea. 
GUIANA WEESEL. 
Viverra Barbara. 
Mustela Barbara. M. atra, collo suhtus macula alba triloba. 
Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 94; 
Black W. with a trilobate white spot beneath the throat. 
Guiana Weesel. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 53- 
It is of the size of a Martin, and is black, with 
a small ash-coloured space between the eyes, and 
a trilobated white spot beneath the throat. It is 
a native of Brasil and Guiana, and is said to have 
a musky smell. 
