MAMMALIA. FER.®. Muftela. 
mnci. 
'•'Bod 
6t 
Silurian Weejel. 
dt;vouis flefli, and 
y tawny ; feet very hairy. 
Inhabits the wtx)ds of Hihiria ; voracious; 
Heals butter front the Inits of the nifties. 
Tail hairy, darker than the body; fur long, loofe ; fact black; 
vojlriis whitiflt ; about the eyes fpotted ; Ihroat fometiines 
fpotted with white. 
2 . 
'^’•"««rc. Tail black at the tip. 
Body with a reddifli tinge. 
' ^^ody white; tail blackifli at the tip. 
Inhabits the cold parts of vlHicr , - - 
in heaps of ftones, banks of rivers, Iiollow trees, and forefls, 
clpecjally of beech : preys on fquirrels, mice and fmall animals, 
Hody hardly jo inches long: /m/V fhort, not fo Ihining as the. 
rriartin : in northern climates becomes white, except the outen 
half of the tail, which remains black ; fur valuable. 
Stoat. 
Enninc. 
A fra, China ; lives 
na. 
is. Body tawny-brown, beneath white; tail colour of the body. 
Common IVeefel, 
2. Body white; tip of the tail with a few black hairs. 
Inhabits the temperate and cold regioms of Europe, Afia and 
America j in Ru-fjia becomes white in winter: half the fize 
of the ermine: eats lifll, flefh, mice, eggs and fungi, but no 
other vegetables ; preys by nigbt, gets into the holes of mice 
and devours them, leaving the teeth only : fetid, dirty, and 
drinks often : cunning, continually looks about, is not eafily 
deftroyed by a cat : when terrified becomes epileptic ; playful 
when tamed : briiigs 6 — 8 young. 
I 
Back and belly pale cinereous-yellow; face, crown, legs, 
and tail black. Yellow IVeeJcl. 
Head flat: ears rounded: broad, blunt: cheeks onde chin 
white: t/iroci rich yellow : length i8 inches, tail long as the 
body. 
Body bro'wn ; fnout wedge-form. 
Inhabits Chili : lives in burrows : is ferocious, and eats the 
moufe tribe. 
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