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is long and .'bushy towards the end ; but it varies 
in the disposition of its stripes. It inhabits North 
America. W ben attacked, it bristles up its hair, 
and flings its body into a round form .; its vapour, 
like that of the last, is horrid, Du Pratz says 
that the male is of a shining black. 
CoNEPATL. 
Of this species very little more than its' mere 
name and descriptive character seems to be known. 
It is a native of Nev/ Spain, and perhaps may be 
nothing more than a variety of the preceding*. 
Chinche 
Is rather smaller than the former species. It 
has a broad bed of white on the back, divided by 
a stripe of black. Its manners resemble the two 
former. 
ZoiilLLA. 
This is the annas of the Indians, the zorrinag 
of the Spaniards. Its back and sides are marked 
with short stripes of black and white, but the 
latter is tinged with yellow* ; its tail is long and 
bushy, part white and part black ; its legs and 
belly are black. In size it is less than the pre- 
ceding. It inhabits Peru, and other parts of 
South America. Its pestilential vapour overcomes 
even the American panther, aad stupifies that for- 
midable enemy. 
1 Chinge. 
This, according to Molina, its first describer, 
seems in shape and general form to resemble the 
