MAMMALIA. FER.®. Viverra. 
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^ Chefnut, yellowifh beneath ; fnout lengthened ; tail annu^ 
late. 
Inhabits Surinam; digs; feeds on worms, infefts, and fruit; 
tameable, fo«d. 
Blackifh with 5 dorfal, parallel, whitifh lines. 
Striated ff''ecfeL 
Inhabits North America; digs holes, climbs; fleeps by day, 
prowls by night ; feeds on woims, infefts, birds, and flieep ; 
when purfued by dogs contrafls itfclf ; if irritated emits fo 
intolerable an odour, that clothes, furniture, and whatever 
has been contaminated mull be purified by burying. 
Size of the martin; cubur underneath variegated with black and 
white; r.iaujsg:^, anterior comprefi'ed, long, pofterior fhort- 
er, hollowed underneath ; fnout naked, xehijkcrs in 3 rows ; 
head lubglobular ; neck fliort ; forefeet Ihorter, claws long, 
hind-claws fliort ; tail lioriz'ontal, white at the tip, with very 
long hair; penis with a cartilageiious bone. 
^^fhitis. 
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Back white, with a longitudinal black line from the middle 
to the tail. Skunk. 
Inhabits /Imenca; eafily tamed; dcfmds itfelf by an intolerable 
odour ; hunts for eggs : 16 inches long, 
Hair long, Ihining; tail generally white. 
Blackifh, with 2 white dorfal lines reaching down the tail. 
Inhabits New Spain. 
Variegated with black and white. 
Inhabits South America. 
Snout Ibort, blunt; variegated bands irregular, longitudinal and 
tranfverle; Aair long, fhining; tail upper half black, lower 
white, 
Black, with a fnowy band from the forehead to the middle 
of the back. 
Inhabits New Spain ; fleeps by day, prowls by night ; fwift ; 
feeds on worms and infefe ; digs deep holes : 20 inches long. 
•Ifeadfmall; ykoatlong; tongue fmooth ; fail white at the tip, 
9 inchbs long ; feet 5-toed, refting on the heels ; claws long. 
Blackifh, with a white fillet from the forehead to the^fhoul- 
ders. Grey Weefel. 
Inhabits Surinam, 
feet 5-toed; tail Ihorter than the body, AatVfhorter; earrfhort; 
claws yellowifli ; body y inches. 
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