46 vivEnRiDj.. 



Section A. Digitigrade. The underside of the hind feet hairy, except the 

 pads of the foes, the nu'taUirsuti, and so)twtimes a small part of the tarsus. 

 Thi' iippcrJIeaJi-todtli elont/dte ; upper tubercular stnall, transverse. Nose 

 short, underside Jlat, icitli a central groove. 



Tribe I. VIVERRINA. 



The body robust. Tubercular teeth \ . \. The back of the hind 

 feet hairy, except the pad of the toes and the metatarsus. 



Viverrina, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 610. 



There is a deep pouch for secreting civet, in the form of a deep 

 cavity on each side of the anus (P. Z. S. 1832, p. 63). 



1. VIVERRA. 



Head long ; muzzle acute ; pupil oblong, vertical (round, Hodg- 

 son). Neck with large black and white marblings. Body short, 

 compressed ; back black-crested ; legs moderate, equal ; tail mo- 

 derate, tapering ringed. Toes 5/5 ; claws semiretractile. Teeth 

 40 ; false grinders f . f . 



Viverra, Linn. ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 63; 1864, p. 511. 



Hah. Africa and Asia. 



* Tail black. African. 



1. Viverra civetta. B.M. 

 Tail black ; sides spotted. 



Viverra civetta, Schreb. Sduqcth. t. Ill ; Bennett, Tower Menag. p. 99, 



fig. ; Grail, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 511. 

 Civette, Btiffon, ix. p. 299_, t. 34. 

 Var. ? Viverra Poortnianni, Pncheran, Rev. et May. Zool. vii. p. 154, 



1853. 



Hal. Africa: Abyssinia; Fernando Po {Thompson); Guinea 

 (called " Kaukans") {Temm.); Gaboon {Aithry Le Comfe). 



** Tail black-rinyed. Asiatic. 



2. Viverra zibetha. 



Tail black-ringed. B.M. 



Viverra zibetha, Linn. S. N. i. p. 65 ; Gray, Illusf. Lid. Zool. ii. t. 5 ; 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 63 ; Cat. Maimn. B. M. p. 47 ; P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 512 ; Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B. M. p. 71 ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. 



i. 362 ; Jlorsjield, Cat. Mus. India House, p. 54. 

 Meles zibethica, Linn. S. N. 

 Viverra undulata, Gray, Spic. Zool. t. 8. 

 Viverra civettoides, V. melanxirus, V. orientalis, Hodyson, J. Asiatic 



Soc. Benqal, x. 909. 

 Zibet, Buffoti, ix. 299, t. 31. 



