zorille

Updated: May 27, 2025

Indeed, if we regard as weasels the various carnivorous quadrupeds of the glutton and badger family, which have been described elsewhere in these sketches including the strange Teledu or Stinkard of Java, the Helietis of India and China, the Taira and Grison of Brazil, the Ratel or honey badger of Africa, the Zorille of the Cape, the Zorilla or Maikel of Patagonia, the Sand bear of India, and the numerous varieties of the celebrated Polecat, or Skunk, of North and South America we may well say that there are weasels, or their representatives, in every hole and corner of the earth.

Mayne Reid - Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for Boys