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VIVERRA RASSE. 
Viverra griseo-fulvescens, auriculis subapproximatis, dorso lineis octo longitudina- 
libus parallelis nigricantibus vario, collo fasciis obscuris, pedibus concoloribus 
fuscis, pilis corporis caucbeque attenuate rigidiusculis. 
Masse, of the Javanese. 
THE Viverra Rasse is at once distinguished from the other species of this genus, 
by its lengthened form, and by the slenderness of all its parts. The head is laterally 
compressed, elevated from the jaws to the crown, and regularly and uniformly atte- 
nuated to the muzzle. The position of the ears affords a peculiar physiognomy to 
our animal : they approach each other on the forehead, in consequence of the narrow- 
ness of the head ; the auricle rises to a considerable height with a curve, and then 
suddenly declines to the sides ; but its margin is generally reflected, and thus this 
character, as is the case in our figure, does not appear in its full extent. Near the 
base the auricle has posteriorly a duplication or fold corresponding to an antitragus, 
and is provided, opposite to the base, with a tragus of considerable extent. The 
internal ear has several naked transverse membranes, leading to the meatus audito- 
rius ; but it is concealed from view by a decumbent series of stiff hairs, which extend 
into the ear from the sides of the head. The eyes are of moderate size, prominent, 
and have a dark iris ; before the interior cant h us, a considerable cavity exists in the 
face. The muzzle is long, defined above by a regular line, and terminated by a short 
naked nose with lateral nostrils. The whiskers consist of several stiff hairs of great 
length, closely applied to the head, differing as to colour, being either entirely white 
or entirely black. A few solitary bristles are also scattered over the chin and cheeks. 
The teeth agree precisely with thas^of the Viverra Zibetha : the canine teeth are long 
and slightly arched ; the points of the false and true grinders are acute and elevated. 
The front teeth are disposed in a regular series. Both jaws are of equal length. The 
form of the neck and of the body is slender and cylindrical The tail is of small 
diameter at its origin, and regularly attenuated to the point. The anterior extremi- 
ties are slender ; of the posterior extremities the thighs are stout, but the legs and 
feet are delicate. The Rasse belongs to the division of strictly digitigrade Carnas- 
siers. The claws are sharp and serairetractile. In the number and distribution of 
the toes the Rasse agrees with the other species of Viverra, and with Genetta and 
Musanga. 
The apparatus by which the odoriferous substance, the dedes or jihet of the 
Javanese and Malays, is secreted, consists of a glandular body, of an oval form, 
slightly compressed, having in its external surface considerable resemblance to a nut- 
