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CARNIVORA*. 
THE FASCIATED WEASEL. PUTOIS RAYEE, DE l’iNDE^ 
BUFF. 
Viverra fasciata* Gm. 
This is identified with the black-banded wild cat 
of Sonnerat. The ground colour of the body is pale 
yellow, but the head and tail have a brown tinge, 
and there are six large blackish brown bands passing 
along the sides, three on the thighs and flank, and 
another on the shoulder, which are not more than 
half the length of those on the body. It is about two 
feet long, and the tail nine inches. It is a native 
of the coast of Coromandel, but its habits are not 
known. 
M. Blainville informs us, that there are two draw- 
ings of weasels in the Museum of the East India 
Company, which he describes as new, under the 
names of the viverra prehensilis and viverra bondar. 
Pallas described a viverra under the name of v. her- 
maphrodita ; but has not given sufficient characters 
to distinguish it from the others, and it has not been 
figured ; as is the case also with his viverra Zeylonica. 
The third subdivision, or ichneumons, is distin- 
guished from the others by the pouch being ample, 
and situate at the lower part of the belly, in the 
base of which the anus is placed. The middle cut- 
ting tooth on each side is a little out of the series ; the 
