. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE CIVET FAMILY—CAT-FOOTED CIVETS. 141 head is more pointed, the body more slender and the ears are longer, and it lacks a mane. Its ground color is a dingy brownish yellow, with dark russet colored spots. On the spine these spots merge into one large, black band : on the sides they fade. A. THE LESSER CIVET, OR RASSE. One of the smallest of the Viverrine. or musk-bearing family. markings resemble those of the African more than the Asiatic Civets, but it is
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE CIVET FAMILY—CAT-FOOTED CIVETS. 141 head is more pointed, the body more slender and the ears are longer, and it lacks a mane. Its ground color is a dingy brownish yellow, with dark russet colored spots. On the spine these spots merge into one large, black band : on the sides they fade. A. THE LESSER CIVET, OR RASSE. One of the smallest of the Viverrine. or musk-bearing family. markings resemble those of the African more than the Asiatic Civets, but it is much smaller than either of the oth although its tail is proportionately longer. It is an inhabitant of India. [Viverra malaccensis.) The Rasse inhabits all India, except the country of the Indus and Western Rajputana. It is much valued in its native country for the sake of its civet, which is there put to the most varied uses. This secretion is usually mixed with some other perfume and is not only sprinkled \ on dresses, but is also used for the scenting of rooms and beds in a manner that is perfectly unbearable by European noses. The Genettes— The Sllb- The Common order of Genette. the Gen- ettes (Genetta) is distin- guished by a very long body, a hairless stripe on the soles, five-toed fore and hind paws fur- nished with retractile claws and a long tail. The Genettes also have a shallow civet-pouch at the root of the tail. The best known spe- cies of these animals is the Common Genette {Viverra genetta), the only Civet inhabiting Europe. It bears a great resemblance to its rela- tives which have already been described and even full-grown animal has a body thirty-two inches long, its coloring is similar. The body is twenty inches the tail is twenty-two inches long and the shoulder- long, its tail sixteen inches and its height at the height is fifteen inches. It weighs from sixteen to shoulders is from six to seven inches. The body twenty-four pounds. The Asiatic Civet ha
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