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CARNIVORA. 
THE RED WEASEL. LA MARTE MARRON. 
Mustela Rufa. 
Desmaret has described a specimen from the 
Museum of Natural History at Paris, which has the 
following characters : it is entirely of a very dark 
red chestnut colour above and below ; each hair is 
annulated with brown, chestnut, and yellow ; the tail 
is brown at its point ; and the toes are distinct from 
one another. Both the country where it was found 
and its habits are entirely unknown. 
