b. Body slender, elongate ; tubercular grinders one on eacli side 

 above and below (j— x). — Gray. 



PRIONODONTINAE. (B.) 



2. Subplantigrade: tbe under-side of tbe toes and more or less of the 

 back of the tarsus naked, callous. Flesh-tooth strong ; upper tnber- 

 cular grinders large, broad. 



a. Tail moderate, not prehensile. The hinder part of tbe tarsus 

 hairy to the palm ; the tail bushy. 



GALIDIINAE. (C.) 



b. Tail moderate, not prehensile. The upper part of the hinder part 

 of the tarsus hairy to the palm; tail ringed. (Gray.) Sectorial 

 tooth with large tubercular ledge. 



HEMIGALIINAE. <T>.) 



c. Tail very long, sub-convolute. The hinder part of the tarsus bald, 

 callous. (Gray.) Sectorial tooth typical. 



PARADOXURINAE. < E -> 



d. Tail thick, strong, prehensile. The hinder part of the tarsus 

 bald, callous. Sectorial tooth of upper jaw transverse, sub-tuber- 

 cular. 



ARCTICTIDINAE. (F.) 



B. Nose rather produced, rounded, hairy, and without any central groove 

 below (Gray, s. Cynoyalidce). Sectorial tooth with an extensive tuber- 

 cular ledge. 



CYNOQALINAE. (G.) 



II. Auditory bulla very prominent and somewhat pyriform, divided by a 

 transvei'se constriction into two portions ; the anterior nearly as large and 

 inflated as the posterior. (Flower.) Toes straight ; the last phalanx and 

 claws extended. The claws blunt and worn at the end, the front ones 

 often elongated. (Gray, s. Cynopoda.) 



A. Nose flat and bald, beneath with a central groove. (Gray, s. Ilerpes- 

 tid(c) 



1. Head elongate, conical ; tail conical or cylindrical. (Gray.) 



HERPESTTNAE. (H.) 



2. Head short, ventricose ; tail bushy, expanded laterally; claws 

 elongate. (Gray.) 



CYNICTIDINAE. (I.) 



B. Nose broad, convex, and hairy, beneath without auy central groove. 

 (Gray, s. Rhinoyalidae.) 



1. Head elongate, nose short. Teeth 40. False grinders |. (Gray.) 



RHINOGALINAE. (J.) 



2. Head ventricose. Nose elongate. Teeth 36. False grinders f. 

 (Gray.) 



CROSSARCHINAE. ,K.) 



