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large, oblong, longitudinal, with two large tubercles on the front 

 and two smaller in an oblique line on the hinder part of the crown. 

 Length of skiUl 3| inches ; width of the brain-case 1^ inch, of the 

 zygomatic arch 2-jV inches. 



De Saussure's figures represent the animal as if it were spotted, 

 and the tail with only a few broad rings. 



Fam. 6. AILURIDiE. 



Tail not longer than the body, subcylindrical, covered with lung 

 bushy hairs, not prehensile ; soles of the feet covered with hair. 



Ailmina, Gmi/, Cat. Mamm. B. M. ; P. Z. S. 1864, p. 707. 



AILURUS. 



Aihu-us, F. Ciivier, Mamm. Lithoqr. ; Hodgson, Jouni. Asiat. Sue. 

 Benc/al ; Graij, P. Z. S. 1804, p. 707. 



Head roundish, very hairy; nose acute, short; ears short, rounded, 

 hairj^ ; feet short; toes 5.5; claws acute ; tail elongate, tufted. 



Skull ovate ; nose short ; zygoma much spread out. Teeth 3(5 ; 

 grinders squarish, many-tubercled. Lower jaw arched, rounded, 

 very large. 



Lives on trees, but breeds in holes of rocks, living in pairs or small 

 families; feeds on fruit, roots, eggs, young birds and animals. Claws 

 completely retractile, half sheathed. 



" I can only report the frugivorous habits, gentle disposition, ur- 

 sine arm, feline paw, profoundly cross-hinged yet grinding jaw, and 

 purely triturative and almost ruminant molar of Alhirus ■ anus, pe- 

 rineum, and prepuce entirely fi-ee from glands or pores ; scrotum 

 none ; tongue smooth ; pupil round ; feet enveloped in woolly socks, 

 with leporine completeness."— i/o(/r/so*i. 



Ailurus fii^ens. B.M. 



Ailurus fulgens, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lithogr. t. ; Hanhv. Linn. Tram. 

 XV. p. 101; FiscJier, Sgn. Mamm. j,. 1.57; Grag, Cat. Mamm. 

 B.M. p. 74 ; P. Z. S. 1804, p. 707; De Blainv. Osteogr. Subm-sus, 

 t. 7 (skull imperfect). 

 Ailurus ocLraceus, Hodgson, Jonm. As. Soc. Bengal, t. .52,5.3 (skull). 

 Hab. India, Nepal (called " Wah ") (Hodgson). 

 In the paper above referred to, Mr. Hodgson gives an interesting 

 account of the habits and affinities of the Wah. It walks like tlie 

 Marten, climbs, and fights witli all the four legs at once, like the 

 Parado.rurl, and docs not employ its fore feet, like the liaccoon, 

 Coatis, or Bears, in eating. 



Skiill ovate ; forehead arched ; nose short ; brain-case ovate, 

 ventricose; the zygomatic arches very large, expanded; crown bent 

 do^^^a behind. The palate concave in front between the canine 

 teeth, bent up behind in a Hue with the tubercidar teeth, and sud- 



