r Malacca Teasel# 361 
long ; it lias two cutting teeth in each jaw ; those 
of the inferior being the strongest ; sixteen canine 
teeth in each jaw ; five toes on each foot, with 
strong crooked claws ; body long, covered with 
even and close hair; legs short; tail slender* 
almost as long as the body ; and ending in a point, 
like that of a cat ; it is marked with black and 
reddish hairs, which are longer than those of the 
body. This creature is of a grey colour, tinged 
with reddish at the lower partsof the head, neck* 
legs, and feet ; the belly is white. On the body 
are six bands of black, four of which are straight, 
beginning at the hack of the head, and going along 
the body to the tail, where they terminate ; the 
two others, which are on each side the body, are 
waved, as it were ; they begin at the shoulders, 
and terminate by rounding off on the hind parts * 
and beneath their termination is a smaller bifid 
one over the thigh. The eyes are lively, and of a 
yellow colour, with a cast of red ; the pupil, in 
some views, appearing oblong. This species is a 
native of India, and was first described and figured 
by Mons. Sonnerat. 
Malacca Weasel. 
This is a native of Malacca, and one of those 
animals which we owe to the assiduity of Mons. 
Sonnerat. He says it is of the size of a domestic 
cat, and that it has the same character and man* 
ners. The whole animal is of a pearl grey, deepest 
on the upper parts ; the snout is longisli ; the ears 
small and found, and the limbs short ; the claws 
five in number, weak, crooked, and retractile. 
The top of the head is black ; and it has four 
round black spots abdve each eye, situated longi- 
tudinally ; their eyes are small and black, the 
pupils, in some views, oblong. Over the neck run 
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