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VlVERRA Ge.VETA, 
GENET. 
fulvous grey , with the body mar bed 
with rows of black spots , and an - 
L nulated tail. 
The Genet is one of the most beautiful animals of this 
genus 7 it is about the size of a male cat, but is of a longer 
form, with a sharp pointed snout, upright ears, slightly 
pointed, and very long tail ; the colour is commonly a pale 
reddish grey, with a black or dusky line running along the 
back, where the hair is rather longer than on the other 
parts, and forms the appearance of a very slight mane. A- 
long the sides of the body run several rows of roundish 
black spots, which sometimes incline a little to a square 
form ; the muzzle is dusky ; beneath each eye is a white 
spot : the cheek, sides of the neck, and the limbs, are spot- 
ted in a proportionally smaller pattern than the body, and 
the tail is annulated with black. The Genet is an animal 
of a mild disposition and easily tamed it is found in the 
western part of Asia,.. Spain, and France, In which last it 
is far less elegantly and distinctly spotted than those from 
Asia. In various parts of the east, as well as at Constan- 
tinople, it is domesticated like the cat, and is said to be equal, 
or superior to that animal, in cleaning houses from rats 
and mice : it is a cleanly animal, and, smells slightly of 
mush 
ic. 
