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Inhabits Peru , and other parts of S. America : its 
peftilential vapour overcomes even the Panther of 
America , and ftupifies that formidable enemy, 
26g.FlzzLER* Stink-bingfem. KolbenCape , II. 133. 
Blereau puant Voy. de la Caille , 182. 
W. with a fhort-pointed nofe: no external ears, only 
two oblong auditory orifices: middle of the back of 
a whitifh grey : from the eyes to the middle of the 
tad, on each fide, is a ftripe of white : the belly, 
legs, and tip of the tail, black : the claws of the 
fore feet an inch long; thofe of the hind feet fhort: 
length, from nofe to tail, two feet; the tail eight 
inches. 
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope : as foetid as the 
reft. 
Civet. La civette qu’on nommoit an- 73. 
cienncment Hyama. Belon. obf. -Meles fafciis et maculis albis nl- j 
04 - gris et rufefcentibus variegata. 1 
Zibettus Cali opufc. 43. Brijfon quad, f 86. 
Felis Zibethus Gefner quad. 837. Viverra Zibetha. V. canda an- 
AnimaIZibethicum,masetf£em. nulata, dorfo cinereo nigroque ! 
Hernandez, Mex. 580, 581. undatim ftriato, Lin.JyJl. 65. 
Civet Cat Railfyn . quad. 178. La Civette deBujfon } ix. 299. tab . 
Coati civetta vulgo, Klein quad, xxxiv. 
W. with fhort rounded ears: fky-blue eyes: fharp 
nofe ^ the tip black : fides of the face, chin, breaft, 
legs and feet, black : the reft of the face, and part 
of the fides of the neck, white, tinged with yellow: 
from each ear three black ftripes, ending at the 
throat and flioulders: the back and fides cinereous, 
tinged 
