NATURAL HISTORY. 
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species of genets, from the Cape of Good Hope, Abyssinia, and 
Western Africa. 
Case 10. The different species of Ichneumons or herpestes, the 
Mungos, from Asia and Africa; and the Suricate, from the Cape 
of Good Hope and Central Africa. 
Case 11. The different species of Paradoxurus, Paguma , Hemi- 
galea, and Benturong, which inhabit India, Sumatra, and the other Asiatic 
islands; the Cynogale, from Borneo; and the Nandina, which comes 
from Western Africa; and the Bassaris or house marten of the 
Mexicans. 
Cases 12, 13. The different species of Dogs, as the Newfound¬ 
land dog; the wolf of North America and Europe; the wild dogs of 
India, Africa, and North America. 
Cases 14, 15. The different kind of Foxes of Europe, America, 
Africa, and India. 
Case 16. The four-toed hunting dog of South Africa and Abyssinia, 
and the large-eared dog of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Case 17. The various species of Martens ( Martes ) of Europe and 
America; weasels from Europe and America; the masked weasel of 
Mexico, the Siberian weasel, the Himalayan weasel, the polecats of 
Europe and America, the False Sable of America, and the Vison or 
lesser otter, of North America and Northern Europe; and the Zorilla 
of the warmer parts of Africa. 
Case 18. The Gluttons, from North America and Europe; the 
ratel, from the Cape and India; and the tiara and the grisson, from 
Central America and the West Indies. Then follow the helictis or 
musk weasel of the Chinese; the skunk of North America; the mar- 
putio and conepats of Central and Southern America; the stinkard, 
or mydaus, of Java; the sand bear ( Arctonyx ) of India; the badger 
of Europe ; and the Labrador badger, or taxidea, of North America. 
Case 19. The Otters, as the common otter of Europe, and the 
species from America and Asia; the muffled otter of North Ame¬ 
rica ; the clawless otters of the Cape of Good Hope and of Java and 
India; and the seal-like sea otter of the west coast of America. 
Case 20. The Bears, as the Malay bear of Sumatra and Borneo; 
the white bear of the Arctic Ocean; and the sloth bear of India. 
Case 21. The kinkajou of Central America; the wah ( Ailurus ) of 
Nepal; the different varieties or species of coati mondi, and of racoons, 
from America. 
Case 22. The Insectivorous Beasts, as the moles of Europe; 
the marsh mole of Canada and North America; the golden moles 
of the Cape; and the star-nosed Mole, with its long thick tail, from 
North America; the Tupai or insectivorous squirrel of Java, Su¬ 
matra and India; the elephant shrew of North and South Africa; 
the shrew T mice of Europe, Asia and America, especially the large 
blue shrew of India and the Cape of Good Hope; the desman, or 
musk shrew of the Pyrenees and Russia; the naked-tailed weasel 
(Gymnura ) of Malacca; and the various kinds of hedgehogs, from 
Europe, Asia, and Africa, as the tenrecs of Madagascar and Western 
Africa. 
Cases 23—31. The different sorts of Marsupial Animals. Those 
in Cases 23—30 are only found in Australia, and those in Case 31 
are from America. 
