CARNIVORA. 
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THE ZIBETH. LE ZIBETH, OU LE MUSC. 
Viverra Zihetha. 
This species is found in India and the Indian 
Islands’^; it is also kept by the Malays, for the 
purpose of obtaining the perfume, which they call 
jihet, or dedes. 
The particulars in which it differs, personally, 
from the civet, will appear by the figure, which is 
from a specimen lately in Mr. Bullock’s museum. 
They are about the same size. But little of the 
habits, either of this animal or the civet, when in a 
state of nature, is known. There appears to be a 
smaller variety, which the Malays call tang-galung 
padi. 
The second subdivision, or genettes, is distin* 
guished from the true civets by the pouch between 
the organs of generation and the anus being here 
reduced to a simple slit, or fold of the skin, and by 
not yielding any sensible excretion. The cutting 
teeth, feet, and fur, are like the civet’s. 
* La Peronie says, it is found in Africa ; but this is not probable,* 
