FE1IDJE. HERPESTES. 73 



URVA. 



Teeth : — Incisors |^ ; Canines -^ ; Premolars ^ ; Molars ^ ; = 40. 



The Urva. Urva cancrivora. 



a. Skull. Nepal. ^ 



*6. Skull. Nepal. V Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 c. Teeth. Nepal. J 



BDEOGALE. 



Bdeogale crassicauda. 



Peters, Naturw. reise nach Mossambique, Saugth. i. p. 119. pi. 27. 

 tigs, c, d (skull), e, f (dentition). 



Bdeogale puisa. 



Peters, Naturw. reise nacli Mossambique, Siiugth. i. pi. 28. figs, c, d 

 (skull). 



HERPESTES. 



Teeth: — Incisors^; Canines'-^; Premolars^; Molars? 1 ?; = 40. 



3-3 1—1 4—4 2—2 



The Ichneumon. Herpestes ichneumon. 



Mangusta ichneumon, Blainv., Ost. Atl. G. Viverra, fasc. 10-1<>. 

 pp. 47, 95. pi. 1, pi. 12 (dentition). 



*a. Skull. North America. 



b. Skull. 



c. Skull. Gambia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



d. Skull. 



e. Skull. North Africa. 



The Andalusian Ichneumon. Herpestes widdringtonii. 



Cervical vertebra; 7 



Dorsal 14 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 3 



Caudal (?) 



it. Skeleton. Sierra Morena, Spain. From the Zoological Society's 

 Collection. 



The Cape Ichneumon. Herpestes caffer. 

 *«. Skull. Cape of Good Hope. 



The Garangan. Herpestes javanicus. 

 Horsfield, Zool. Researches in Java. It (skull & dentition). 



