CARXIVURA. 



* * Head I'loiu/ate. Tiibcrcidar ijrinclers in upper ami lower Jaics. 



Fain. 4. Viverrid^e. Head" elongate. Tubercular grinders 2 . 2 in 

 the upper, and 1 . 1 in the lower jaw. The nose simple, flat, 

 bald, and with a central groove beneath. 



Earn. 5. Cynogalid^. Head elongate. Tubercular grinders 2 . 2 

 in the upper, and 1 . 1 in the lower jaw. Nose rather pro- 

 duced, rounded, hairy, and without any central groove below. 



Fam. 6. MusTELiDiE. Head elongate. Tubercular grinders 1 . 1 

 in each jaw. Nose simple, its under surface tlat, bald, with 

 a central groove. 



Section IT. Dog-footed Carnivora (Cynopoda). The feet elongate. 

 Toes straight; the last phalange and claws extended. The 

 claws blunt and worn at the end ; the front ones are often 

 elongated. Head elongate. 



Fam. 7. Melinid^. Tubercular grinders one on each side of 

 each jaw. Nose flat and bald beneath, with a central 

 groove. 



Fam. 8. Herpestid^. Tubercular grinders two on each side of 

 the upper, and one on each side of the lower jaw. Nose flat 

 and bald, beneath with a central groove. 



Fara. 9. RniNOGALin.5:. Tubercular grinders two on each side of 

 the upper, and one on each side of the lower jaw. Nose 

 broad, convex, and hairy, beneath without any central 

 groove. 



Fam. 10. Canidje. Tubercular grinders tAvo on each side of the 

 upper and under jaws. Nose f^at and bald, beneath with a 

 central longitudinal groove. 



Fam. 11. Ht^nid^. Tubercular grinders one on each side of the 

 upper jaw only. Nose flat and bald, beneath with a central 

 longitudinal groove. 



Fam. 12. PROTELEiDiE. Tubercular grinders none in cither jaw. 

 The grinders very small, far apart. Nose broad. 



