. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . hyfici verba ledloribus proferre. D 2 Speciminis, ( 20 ) Speciminis, quod in Mufeo Lcveriano confpicitur, diverfa adeo a reli-quis eft facies, ut pleniori defcriptione vidcatur indigcrc. Utrinque ad na-fum macula alba; altera fub utroque oculo. Quod reliquum nafi eft cumgenis gulaque nigrum. Aures permagnae, ercdla:;, rotundatae, tenues, nudas,nigras. Frons, latera corporis, femora, uropygium, crurumque pars fuperior,cincrea. In dorfo funt plures pili longi, nigri. Super humeros, latera, eturopygium, fparfas funt varias maculae nigrje. Cauda ad
. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . hyfici verba ledloribus proferre. D 2 Speciminis, ( 20 ) Speciminis, quod in Mufeo Lcveriano confpicitur, diverfa adeo a reli-quis eft facies, ut pleniori defcriptione vidcatur indigcrc. Utrinque ad na-fum macula alba; altera fub utroque oculo. Quod reliquum nafi eft cumgenis gulaque nigrum. Aures permagnae, ercdla:;, rotundatae, tenues, nudas,nigras. Frons, latera corporis, femora, uropygium, crurumque pars fuperior,cincrea. In dorfo funt plures pili longi, nigri. Super humeros, latera, eturopygium, fparfas funt varias maculae nigrje. Cauda ad apicem nigra, verfusbafm ferrugineo mifta, nigro leviter annulata, Pedes nigri, ungues albi. Satis tamen patet debere fpecimen, de quo jam agitur, infignem varietatemhaberi; cumque Leverianam dicimus, uti volumus figno diftinftionis. Notan-dum praeterea eft, figuram quam effingi curavit Buffbnus, non longe ab hacnoftra recedere ctiam in maculis. Feri ingenii eft hasc Viverra, et cegre man-fuefcit. In infula Madagafcaria praecipue gencratur. THE. /v/Vlv/ ^rtf//t . VIVEKIRA IL-IEVIBIRIANA THE ILEVIEMAK FOSSANE Mit-*ttt t/u .Icf- //J> /ff I^ !!,tn MuKfui ( 21 ) THE LEVERIAN FOSSANE. GENERIC CHARACTER. Six cutting-teeth, and two canine teeth in each nofe: flender toes before: five behind. Pennant. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. Cinereous Weafel (FofTane), fpotted with black; with the tail anmilatcd ;the cheeks and throat black; with a white fpot beneath each eye. The Foflane Weafel. Var. Penn. Hijl. Quad. vol. 2 p. T^HE Foffane in its moft common or general ftate, has been long ago■*■ defcribed with fufficient exa(n:nefs by the Count de Buffon, and othernaturalifts. It is an inhabitant of the Eaft Indies and fome parts of Afri-ca. In its difpofition and manner of life it refembles moft others of theweafel tribe. It is commonly of a cinereous color, with fome flight mix-ture of a ferrugineous tint; and is marked with three or fo
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