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CARNIVORA. 
THE FOSSANE. LA FOSSANE. 
Viverra Fossa. 
This seems very likely to be a mere variety of the 
genet, with a deeper colour. Cuvier briefly says, 
it is yellow in those parts where the genet is black, 
and it has scarcely any perceptible rings on the tail. 
It is about the size of the genet, but more fierce, and 
is found in the south-eastern parts of Asia and the 
neighbouring islands. 
THE BLACK CIVET. CIVETTE NOIRE. 
Viverra nigra. Desmarest. 
There is a species of the viverra in the Museum, 
in Paris, which is covered with hair of tw'o sorts, one 
of which is short, and of a yellowish gray colour, the 
other much longer, and of a deep black ; which last 
colour predominates, with a lighter shade on the 
under parts, and a white spot above and another 
be^ow each eye. 
The tail of this animal is long, and has the appear- 
ance of being prehensile. It came from Pondicherry, 
but was said to have been a native of the Moluccas. 
