O. STTRICATA. 



177 



apart, the hinder with a small central internal lobe ; the flesh-tooth 

 triangular, ahout as long as wide, the inner lobe central ; tubercular 

 grinder trigonal, somewhat like the flesh-tooth (see De Blainv. 

 Ostcogr. Viven-a, t. 8. f. 1-4, from a young animal). 



Eupleres, Doyere, Ann. Set. Nat. 183o, iv. p. 281 ; De Blainv. Osfciu/r. 

 Viverra, t. 8 ; Grai/, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 577. 



According to M. de Blainville's figure of the skuU, this genus 

 (which I have never been able to examine) was properly referred by 

 Flacourt, who first noticed it, to the Civets. 



M. Doyere referred it to the Inscctivora (see Ann. Sci. Nat. iv. 

 278) ; but, to make this aUiauce, he corusiders the front double- 

 rooted tooth in the lower jaw a canine. 



M. de Blainville, in his essay on Mamm. Insectivorcs, in ' Au- 

 nales Fr. et Etrang. d'Anat. et de Physiol.' ii. p. 1, justly observes, 

 " the Eupleves, which has been referred to the Inscctivora, on ex- 

 amination has proved to be aUied to Manc/usta, or to the section 

 Genetta of the Viverri'he " (I. c. p. 37). 



Eupleres Goudotii. 

 Fur very dark brown ; under-fur fulvous, \vith black transverse 

 streaks over the shoiilder ; throat and beneath whitish. 



Eupleres Goudotii, Doyere, Ann. Sci. Nat. 1835, iv. p. 281, t. 18 (ani- 

 mal and skull) ; De Blainv. Osteogr. Viverra, t. 8 (skull); Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 18(J4, p. 578. 



Falanouc, Flacuurt, Madayascar. 



Length 12 inches, of tail 5 inches. 



Hah. Madagascar, at Tamatave, in burrows (called " Falanouc ") 

 (Go^ulot) {Mm. Perns). 



5. SUEICATA. 



Head spherical. Nose elongate, produced ; underside haiiy, con- 

 vex, ■without any central groove ; muftle callous; nostril long, open- 

 ing on the sides. Ears rounded, nakcdish internally. Body elon- 

 gate ; hair soft, annulated. Legs moderate. Toes 4.4; hind soles 

 hairy. Claws long ; front very long, slender, compressed, arched ; 

 anal glands two. Tail tapering, slender, covered with short hair, 

 and rather pencilled at the tip. Teeth 3(5 ; false grinders f . f- ; 

 flesh-teeth j- . f ; tubercular grinders i . ^. 



Suricata, Des)n. N. Diet. II. N. xxi\. p. KJ, 1804; Grai/, P.Z.S. 



18(54, p. 578. 

 Ryztena, Illiyer, Prodr. Mamm. 1812. 



Suricata zenick. B.M. 



Grey ; orbit and tip of the tail black ; hinder part of the back 

 with dark cross bands ; chin, throat, aiul vent whitish; tail rather 

 redder, underside lighter, luider-fur reddish. 



Suricata zenick, Gray, C(d. Mamm. B. M. p. 53 ; /'. Z. S. 1S(>4, p. 578. 

 Mvevra suricata, Er.r/. Syst. p. 488. 



