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I 430 SARMATIAN WEESEL. 
the fur is very soft and glossy : the toes cohered 
with thick hair both above and below. Native 
of North America. This species, as figured by 
Schreber, has extremely the appearance of one of 
the Otter tribe. 
SARMATIA WEESEL. 
Viverra Sarmatica, 
Mustela Sarmatica. M. corpore supra ex luteo fuscoque mria* 
Lin, Syst. GmeL 97. 
W. variegated on the upper parts with brown and yellow. 
M. peregusina, pedibus fissis, capite et corpore subtus aterrimis, 
corpore supra brunneo luteoque vario, ore fascia frontali auri- 
culisque albis. Guldenstedt nov. comm. petrop. 14. p. 441,-— 
445. f. 10. 
Mustela praecincta et Perewiaska. Rzaczynski hist. nat. Pol, 
p. 328 and 222. 
Vormela (germanice Wormlein). Gesn. Quadr.p. 768. 
The Sarmatian Weesel measures about four- 
teen inches to the tail, and the tail six inches. 
The head, feet, and under sides of the body, are 
black, the upper parts brown, variegated with ir- 
regular spots or patches of tawny yellow: the 
mouth is surrounded with white; the face is 
crossed by a white band beyond the eyes, passing 
beneath the ears on each side down to the throat : 
another white band crosses the back part of the 
head, and runs down on each side over the 
shoulders ; and the upper part of the neck is va- 
ried with yellow : the tail is black, but intermixed 
with white and fulvous hairs. This species inha- 
