214 OMNIVORA. 



Proteles Lalandii. (Aard Wolf.) B.M; 



Grey, black-banded. 

 Proteles Lalandii, I. Geoff. 3Iem. Mtis. xi. p. 370, t. 20 ; Blmnville, 



Oste'og. Canis, t. 4 (skeleton). 

 Viverra hysenoides, Desm. Mamni. p. 538. 

 Genette hy^noide, Cuv. Os. Foss. iv. p. 388. 

 Civette hyenoide, F. Cuv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xii. p. 300. 

 Proteles cristatus, I. Geof. Mai/, de Zool. 1841, i. t. 30 (skull) ; Ger- 

 rard, Cat. of Bones ofMamvi. p. 70; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 525. 



Hab. South Africa ; Cape of Good Hope. 



Suborder II. OMNIVORA. 



The grinders all of neariy the same form, and gradually 

 passing into each other, only varying in size from the false 

 grinder to the tubercular grinder, and without any distinct 

 sharp-edged flesh-tooth. 



UrsidiB, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 678. 



Synopsis of the Families. 

 Section I. Brachypoda. Toes straight, claws exserted. 



Fam. 1. Uksid^. Nose short. Body massive; limbs short. Tail 

 very short. Teeth 42. 



Fam. 2. Nasuid^. Nose elongate, mobile, underside convex, 

 rather bald, without any longitudinal central groove. Tail 

 elongate. Teeth 40. 



Fam. 3. PEOCTONiDiE. Nose short, bald, underside flat, hairy, with 

 a central longitudinal groove. Tail elongate. Teeth 40. 



Section II. Dendropoda. Toes short, arched, webbed ; claws re- 

 tractile, sharp-pointed. Head short. 



Fam, 4. Cercoleptid^. Tail elongate, prehensile ; soles of the 

 feet bald. 



Fam. 5. Bassarid^. Tail subcyhndrical, elongate, not prehen- 

 sile. Soles of the hind feet hairy. 



Fam. 6. Ailurid.'e. TaU bushy, not prehensUe. Soles of the 

 feet hairy. Grinders very tubercular. 



