GRISON (Galictis vittata); a carnivor...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V12,
Page 608
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:GRISON (Galictis vittata); a carnivorous mammal, of the See also:family Mustelidae, See also:common in Central and See also:South See also:America and See also:Mexico. It is about the See also:size of a See also:marten, and has the upper See also:surface of a bluish-See also:grey tint, and the under surface is dark See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown. The grison l
ives on small mammals and birds, and in settled districts is destructive to poultry
.
Allamand's See also:grison (G. allamandi), with the same range, is somewhat larger
.
Another member of the genus is the tayra or taira (G. See also:barbara), about as large as an See also:otter, with a range from See also:Mexico to See also:Argentina
.
This See also:species hunts in companies (see See also:CARNIVORA)
.
End of Article: GRISON (Galictis vittata); a carnivorous mammal, of the family Mustelidae, common in Central and South America and Mexico. It is about the size of a marten, and has the upper surface of a bluish-grey tint, and the under surface is dark brown. The grison l
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