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Genetta in France and Spain, Vivcrra in Shanghae and Batchian 

 Island, and Herpestes in Java and the Cape of Good Hope. 



The following are the genera with their distribution as given 

 by Dr. J. E. Gray in his latest British Museum Catalogue : 



Sub-family Viverrin^. — Viverra (3 species), North and 

 tropical Africa, the whole Oriental region to the Moluccas ; 

 Viverricula (1 species) India to Java ; Genetta (5 species), South 

 Europe, Palestine, Arabia, and all Africa ; Fossa (1 species), Ma- 

 dagascar ; Linsang (2 species), Malacca to Java; Poiana (1 

 species), West Africa ; Galidia (3 species), Madagascar ; Hemt- 

 galea (1 species), Malacca and Borneo ; Ardidis (1 species) Nepal 

 to Sumatra and Java ; Nandinia (1 species). West Africa ; Fara- 

 doxurus (9 species), the whole Oriental region; Paguma (3 species), 

 Nepal to China, Sumatra, and Borneo ; Ardogale (1 species), Te- 

 nasserim to Java. 



Sub- family HERPESTiNiE. — Cynogale (1 species), Borneo ; GaU- 

 didis (2 species), Madagascar ; Hcrycstes (22 species). South Palse- 

 arctic, Ethiopian, and Oriental regions ; Athylax (3 species), Tro- 

 pical and South Africa; Galogale (13 species), all Africa, North 

 India, to Cambodja ; Galerella (1 species). East Africa; Calidis 

 (1 species), Ceylon (?); Ariella (1 species), South Aivico,; Ichneumia 

 (4 species). Central, East, and South Africa ; Bdeogalc (3 species). 

 West and East Africa; Urva (1 species), Himalayas to Aracan; 

 Tceniogale (1 species). Central India; Onychogale (1 species), 

 Ceylon ; Hdogale (2 species) East and South Africa ; Cynidis 

 (3 species). South Africa. 



Sub-family Ehinogalid^. — Bhinogale (1 species). East Africa ; 

 Mungos (3 species), all Africa ; Crossardius (1 species). Tropical 

 Africa ; Fupleres (1 species), Madagascar ; Suricata (1 species). 

 South Africa. 



Fossil Viverridce. — Several species of Viverra and Genetta have 

 been found in the Upper Miocene of France, and many extinct 

 genera have also been discovered. The most remarkable of these 

 was Ictither'ium, from the Upper Miocene of Greece, which has 

 also been found in Hungary, Bessarabia, and France. Some of the 

 species were larger than any living forms of Viverridse, and 

 approached the hysenas. Other extinct genera are Thalassidis 



