Civet
Civets
Civets (Viverra civetta) are small carnivores remotely related to both weasels and cats. Like cats they have retractable claws. They are good climbers and swimmers and live on a diet of frogs, small reptiles, birds and their eggs and rodents. Living in the Delta civets were tamed and used for hunting birds in the marshes.Ichneumons
The ichneumon or Egyptian mongoose (aD, xAtrw, Lat. Herpestes ichneumon) belongs to the family of the Herpestidae whose members have claws that are not retractable. It was cherished by the Egyptians for its ability to kill cobras and was often kept as a pet. As an amulet it was thought to give protection.It was revered at Heliopolis as Re-Atem for its victory over the snake Apophis and at Letopolis as a form of the local Horus.
