358 THREE-STRIPER WEASEL, AND GENET. 
the Indian, and the former the African civet cat. 
In disposition and manners they both seem to 
agree, as well as in the secretion of the perfume 
before described, which is collected from both ani- 
mals in the same manner. 
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Three-striped weasel. 
This species is described by Mr. Schreber from 
Dr. Pallas. Its size iY between that of the civet 
hnd the genet ; its colour is a dark ash grey, with 
three black dorsal stripes; the snout and face 
beyond the eyes, the throat and the feet are black ; 
the tip of the tail black also ; beneath the eyes is 
a whitish spot, and the underside of the body is 
lighter than the upper. It is a native of Barbary. 
Genet. 
The ears of the genet are a little pointed ; the 
body is slender, and the tail very long. The co- 
lour of the body is a pale tawny, spotted with 
black ; and the ridge of the back is marked with 
a black line ; the tail is annulated with black and 
tawny, and the feet are black ; sometimes the 
ground colour of the hair inclines to grey. It is 
about the size of a marten, but the fur is shorter. 
It inhabits Turkey, Syria, and Spain. It fre- 
quents the banks of rivers and rivulets, and other 
moist places ; Buffon says there are Some found in 
the southern provinces of France. 
They smell faintly of musk, and, like the civet, 
have an orifice beneath the tail. They are kept 
tame in the houses at Constantinople, and are use- 
ful as cats, for the purpose of catching mice, 
