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le nez. n'avait pas, comme celui du chien, un sillon qui s'etendit de- 

 piiis I'entre-deux des narines jusqu'a la levre ; cet espace etait con- 

 vexe." The character here described does not seem to have been 

 remarked, since, indeed, I only accidentally discovered that Dau- 

 benton had observed it, long after I had seen its importance as a 

 characteristic in a group allied to Viverridae. The same character is 

 fouud in the Mangouste figured by M. Daubenton (t. 19); but he does 

 not notice it iu his short description of a living female of that animal. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



Tribe 1. Ehinogalina. Head elongate. Nose short. Teeth 40. 

 False grinders |. 



1. EuiNOGALE. Tail conical. Toes 5 . 5. Front claws short. 



2. MuNGOS. Tail conical. Toes 5 . 5. Front claws elongate. 



Tribe 2. Crossarchina. Head ventricose. Nose elongate. Teeth 36. 

 False grinders | . |. 



3. Ceossabchits. Toes 5 . 5. Claws hooked. Hind soles bald. 



4. EuPLERES. Toes 5 . 5. Claws short, hooked. Hind soles 



hairy. 



5. SiTEiCATA. Toes 5 . 4. Claws elongate, slender. Hind soles 



hairy. 



Tribe! RHINOGALINA. 



Nose short ; teeth 40 ; tubercular grinders -f. 



1. RHINOGALE. 



Head ovate. Nose shortly produced, convex beneath. Body 

 elongate. Toes 5 . 5. Claws short, compressed, acute. Tail conical, 

 covered with elongated hair. Skull elongate, ventricose. The orbit 

 incomplete on the hinder edge. Teeth 40. False grinders | . f . 

 Flesh- tooth triangular, broad, angle rounded ; inner tubercle broad, 

 near the middle, and occupying the greater part of the inner side. 

 Tubercular grinders f . f ; upper broad, transverse, roimded on the 

 side, only half as long as wide. 



Rhinogale, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 573. 



This genus, in the prolongation of the nose, has some affinity 

 to Crossarchus and Suricata ; but the elongation is much less de- 

 veloped. 



