SIBERIAN WEESEL. 431 
bits Poland and the southern provinces of Russia. 
It is said to be voracious, fierce, and untameab«e : 
residing in holes^ &c. and preying on the smaller 
quadrupeds^ &c. 
SIBERIAN WEESEL. 
Viverra Sibirica. 
Mustela Sibirica. M. fuha, palmis plantisquc hirsutissimis, 
Lin. Si/st. Nat. Gmel. p, 98. 
Fulvous W. with extremely hairy feet. 
This is about the size of the Sarmatian Weesel. 
The face is blackish^ but white about the nos- 
trils, and spotted towards the eyes: the rest of 
the animal is of a deep fulvous or almost a fox- 
colour : the throat sometimes spotted with white : 
the tail very full of hair^ and of a deeper colour 
than the rest of the body. The i feet are very 
thickly furred : the body more slender than that 
of the Polecat^ and resembling that of the Stoat 
in shape. 
