4. CALOGALE. 



157 



and keeled on the outer lower edge. Length of skull 4^ inches, 

 of nose 1| inch; width of brain-case 1| inch, of back of mouth 

 1 i inch, of zygomatic arch 2| inches. 



Fi-. 21. 



Skull of A fin/lax rnbii.stKS. 



4. CALOGALE. 



Body elongate. Tail very long, slender, cylindrical, covered with 

 short hair, with longer at the tip. Toes 5.5; claws short, triangular, 

 acute. Pupil linear, erect. Skull elongate ; brain-case elongate, 

 two-thirds the length of skull (see Peters, Reise, t. 28). Teeth 40 ; 

 false grinders | . f , compressed ; flesh-tooth narrow, much longer 



