CHAPTER VI.

THE CIVET FAMILY.

General Characteristics of the Civet Family--Their Scent, Skull, and Teeth--THE AFRICAN CIVET--Its Characters and Habits--THE ASIATIC CIVET--THE LESSER CIVET--THE GENETTE--THE MUNGOOS, OR ICHNEUMON--Curious Superstition regarding it--THE CRAB MUNGOOS--THE PARADOXURE--THE BINTURONG 87