383 GUIANA, AND WOOLLY WEASEL, 
Guiana weasel. 
This is the mustela barbara of Linnaeus. It 
has round ears covered with down, an ash coloured 
space between its eyes, and a triiobated spot on the 
lower part of its neck. It is of a black colour, of 
the size of a marten ; its hair is coarse. It inha- 
bits Brasil and Guiana. When it rubs itself 
against the trees, it leaves an unctuous matter, that 
scents of musk. 
Woolly weasel. 
This species has a long slender nose, the upper 
jaw longer than the lower ; very short and round 
ears, its body covered with woolly hair, and a tail 
above eight inches long, tapering to a point. Its 
body measures between fifteen and sixteen inches. 
Mr. Pennant copies Buffon in this article, at the 
same time that he acknowledges he has some 
doubts whether it be not of the same species with 
the former. Buffon says it inhabits Guiana. 
Sarmatian weasel. 
This snecies has broad, short, round ears, edged 
with long white hairs ; its mouth is surrounded 
with white ; its head, feet, and the underside of 
its body, are quite black ; its head is crossed be- 
yond each eye with a white band, passing beneath 
the ears along the sides of the neck, and down to 
the throat ; from the hind part of the head another 
band of yellow passes on each side obliquely to- 
ward^ the shoulders : above is a third. The up- 
per part of the body is of a brownish black, striped 
and spotted irregularly with obscure yellow r ; its 
tail, about six inches long, is dusky, with lQngejr 
