(see Encycl.) A new species of this genus of animals was discovered by Vaillant during his last travels in Africa; at least he ranks under the generic name Viverra, the animal of which he gives the following description. Its body was of the size of that of a kitten six months old: it had a very large nose, the upper jaw exceeding the lower near two-thirds of an inch in length, and forming a sort of movable snout resembling that of the coati of Guiana. The fore feet were armed with four large claws, very sharp and curved; the hind ones have each five, but they are short and blunt. All the fur on the upper part of the body is marked with cross bands of a deep brown colour, on a ground of light brown with which many white hairs are intermixed. The lower part of the body and insides of the legs are of a reddish white. The tail, which is very fleety, and more than two thirds longer than the body, is black at the tip, and the rest brown, intermixed with white hairs.

This animal employs its fore paws to dig very deep holes in the earth, in which it remains concealed during the day, not going out till full-set in quest of food.

The Hottentots who accompanied our traveller called it mys-bond (a mouse dog); a general name among the inhabitants of the Cape for all the smaller carnivorous quadrupeds.