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Nmis, 
iHtnik, 
Tetradac- 
tyla. 
i^ajua. 
yarica. 
■ Vulpecula. 
MAMMALIA. FER.E. Vivcna. 
Tail thick at the bafe, tapering, of an uniform colour. 
Inhabits the eaft of Af rica. 
utfijkcrs Q-, earr naked; iJody upper part tawnf 
and diity-whife ; belly bright-yellow: head and yello"'' 
ilh ; paws 4-tpecl, with a iraall one behind ; claws liiuill', black. 
•Feet4-tocd; body grey, with 10 tranfverfe black bands) 
tail dark-tawny, black towards the tip. 
Inhabits the country of the Hottentots ; iize qf tlie water rat. 
Claws of the fore-feet long, nearly llraight, of the hind-feet 
fltort, hooked ; tail flender 5 fnout elongated ; teeth, accord' 
ing to Sonneiat, fore-teeth a in each jaw, tulks 6. 
Feet 4.-toed ; fnout long, moveable. 
Inhabits Africa, znd Java; a fixrt long; feeds on Ikfli, fiflii 
bu rows with its fore-feet ; eafily tamed, gentle. 
Head depreffed; upper jaw longer, nofe black at the tip ; whif 
kers growing from warty excrefcencies ; hair on the back 
waved black, hoary at the tips ; tail truncate, tufted. 
Tawny j tail annulate with white ; fnout long, moveable. 
... BrafUian JVeefeU 
Inhabns South America; digs for worms, feeds on mice, apples, 
bread ; when irritated finells intolerably. 
A white fpot above, beneath, and behind the eyes; ears fmall, 
black ; over the upper eyelid, under the eve, in the cheeh, 
and under the throat, a wart ; throat yellowilh ; nofe length- 
ened into a probofeis, truncate inwards without a furrow o"' 
the lip ; lateral, fore-teeth larger, middle, lower con- 
vergent ; tongue lobate like an oak leaf; tail cKch longO' 
than the body, brown, with to pale rings, deprellcd, wftl' 
fpreadiiig hairs, comprelfed at the tip ; toes 5 approximate ", 
claxHS acute, compreired, fcandent, 
BrOwnifh, tail of the fame colour; nofe elongated, moveable. 
Inhabits America; digs fo deep as to^bury itlelf except 
the tail ; feeds on wonns, bread, fruit, and roots ; takes the 
water, climbs trees. ’ 
liair dulky at the roots, brown in the middle, yellow at the 
tips ; tail fometimes obfeurely annulate ; feet black, naked. 
Entirely chefnut ; IViout elongated. 
Inhabits North America, and Mexico; of a moft fiUliy odour! 
feeds on wonns, beetles, birds; whijkers black - ^forefeet 
4-tped; kngtfi 16 inches, ’ 'J 
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