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The pelvis is rather more viverrine than feline in 

 character, though with some points of resemblance 

 to that of the t Cynoclictis (Galecynus) geismarianus 

 of Cope (No. 2, PL lxxa, fig. 10). The anterior 

 end of the ilium is broken away, so that its length 

 cannot be determined, but judging from the position 

 of the sacral facet, it would seem to be somewhat 

 shorter than the ischium. The neck is short, deep 

 and thick and the anterior expansion does not greatly 

 exceed the neck in breadth. The gluteal surface is 

 not simply concave, as in Fells, but is divided by a 

 sharp ridge into upper and lower concavities, of 

 which the upper is the broader ; this ridge also oc- 

 curs in the f Cynoclictis above mentioned and is 

 faintly marked in Viverra. The acetabular border f J)^ a 2 ' lef f ""'[". 

 is short, but broad, rugose and prominent, and «">minatum. 

 beneath it is a small anteroinferior tuberosity or spine, giving to this 

 region a decided similarity to the pelvis of Cryptoprocta. Mivart 

 says with regard to the pelvis of the viverrines: "There maybe 

 two prominences (each like an ilio-pectineal prominence)- — one just 

 preaxiad to the acetabulum, and the other placed a little more 

 ventrally on the pelvic brim. These may both be found (at least 

 sometimes) in Cryptoprocta, Viverra, Crossarchus and especially in 

 Suricata." (No. 13, p. 473.) Very much the same statement will 

 apply to Dinictis. 



The ischium is long, straight, slender and of trihedral section ; 

 the posterior portion is hardly at all everted, a striking difference 

 from the condition seen in both Felis and Canis ; the tuberosity is a 

 mere thickening of the border and not at all projecting. The 

 spine is represented by a slight convexity of the superior border, 

 which ends abruptly behind, forming thus the lesser sacro-ischiadic 

 notch. This notch is placed somewhat further behind the acetabu- 

 lum than in f Cynoclictis and occupies about the same position as in 

 Cryptoprocta. The portion of the ischium which descends to form 

 the symphysis is broken away, but was obviously slender and much 

 compressed ; the same may be said of the pubis. 



The femur is long and slender and resembles that of many of the 

 more primitive carnivores, such as Amphicyon, Cynoclictis, Crypto- 



