CARNIVORA. 
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THE GENET. LA GENETTE. 
Viverra Genet ta. 
The figure of this species, also, is from one in 
Mr. Bullock’s collection. It is about the size of a 
small cat; is found in Asia; and appears, according 
to the opinion of Cuvier, to be indigenous from the 
south of France to the Cape of Good Hope. It is fre- 
quently domesticated, and is said to be as serviceable 
as the cat in preserving houses from the depredations 
both of rats and mice. 
Those found in France and Spain, and on the 
rock of Gibraltar, are considered by Mr. Pennant as 
a distinct species, under the name of pilosello. He 
says it is not so large as the ferret. 
