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producer of civet which at certain seasons is scraped from its double, abdominal 
ponch. 
The Common, or Blotched Genet ( Genetta vulgaris ), is found in the 
greatest abundance in South Africa, although not unknown in central Europe. 
Dark patches are scattered over a yellowish-gray coat and its tail is banded 
in black and white. It is a climber, and its claws are retractile. 
The Senegal 
Genet, or Pale 
Genet ( Genetta sen- 
egalensis) , is whiter 
and is striped broad¬ 
ly. It is domesti¬ 
cated and used like 
the common cat. 
The Banded 
Mungous ( Mungos 
fasciatus) belongs in 
Java. It is of the 
size of a large rat 
and the front part of 
its body is somewhat 
rat-like. It is very 
bad-tempered even African civet (Viverra civetta). 
with its own kind, 
but being an active climber is frequently caged as a pet. It is blackish , in 
color, with lines across the back. It keeps up a constant chattering, somewhat 
like a crow. 
The Mungous of Java, or Javanese Ichneumon (. Herpestes javanicus) , is 
sometimes called the garangan. The chestnut, which is its predominant color, 
passes into fawn on the head and the under parts of the body. It can inflate 
its body by inhalation, and is said 
to do this so as to induce snakes 
to coil about its body, whereupon 
it collapses, escapes and kills the 
snake. 
The Suricateor Zenick ( Suri - 
cat a tetradactyla , or Rhyzcena tetra- 
dactyla) , is frugivorous as well as 
carnivorous. It is about a foot 
long, gray brown shot with yellow, 
and barred above with darker brown. 
blotched genet ( Viverra genetta). It is a burrower, for which its long, 
strong claws fit it admirably. It 
is readily domesticated, when it proves itself to be alike intelligent and useful. 
The Mampalon (Cynogale bennettii} has its habitat in Borneo. It has a 
long nose or snout, which is plentifully furnished with long mustaches. It lives 
in the vicinity of streams, and in habits does not differ from other ichneumons. 
The Nandine, or Double-spotted Ichneumon, is dark-brown, and its tail 
is ringed with black. 
