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CARNIVORA. 
THE TIGERINE WEASEL. CHAT-BIZAAM DE VOSMAER. 
Viverra Bizaan. 
This animal is about the size of a cat, and has 
been generally referred to that species. The body 
is cinereous, with a black stripe from head to tail, 
and the sides are spotted. The teeth are said to 
correspond with those of the weasels, and not to be 
feline ; but the claws appear to be nearly, if not 
quite, as retractile as those of the cats ; and it still ap- 
pears probable, that the animal, like felts gracilis 
of Horsfield, is connected with both genera. It was 
named the Bisaam cat by Vosmaer. 
