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CARNIVORA. 
dinally, and spots ; the tail is shorter than the body, 
and annulated. It is described as an inhabitant of 
trees, with the manners of the wild cat ; but Dr. 
Forster’s specimen, which was young, was quite 
tame. ,, As it has been already well figured, it is not 
thought necessary to give one here. It is much like 
the genet, and it has been strongly suspected, that 
it is no other than that animal ; but we are certainly 
not warranted, on account of mere similarity, in 
placing it in a different genus from that in which its 
elescribers have arranged it. 
In Daniell’s Sketches of the Native Tribes, Ani- 
mals, &c. of Southern Africa, he has figured a cat, 
which may, perhaps, be referred to this species. 
The back and sides of this animal are covered with 
a number of blotches, or irregularly lengthened large 
streaks ; but the under parts appear to be without 
any marks. It is said to be called the Cape tiger- 
cat, but no verbal description is given of it. From 
the lengthened figure of the jaws and occiput it has 
all the appearance of the genet, or a species of vi- 
verra, as Cuvier seems at first to have conjectured 
was the case with Forster’s cat. Had the generic 
characters of the teeth been given, this would at once 
have determined the question. 
