708 CLASS XVII. 



Sp, fferpestes Steedmanni, Cynictis Steedmanni Ogilby 1. 1. ; — Rerpestes 

 penicillatus, Cynictis Ogilby i, Smith Zool. of South Afr., Manim. PI. i6, 

 both from South Africa ; according to Temminck only one and the same 

 species, in dress of dififerent seasons. {Cynictis melanura is a species of 

 Herpestes, Herp. hadius.) 



c) With both fore and hind feet tetradactylous. 



Sub-gen. Bdeogale Peters. 



Sp. Viverra crassicaudata, Bdeogale crassic. Peters Mossamh., Mamm. 

 PI. I'j ; — Viverra x>uisa, Bdeogale puisa Peters, ibid. PI. 28, both from 

 South Africa. 



Note. — In Herpestes the orbit, from the junction of the processes of the 

 superior maxillary and frontal bones, is often closed by a ring posteriorly, 

 which, however, is not perpetual and in some depends upon advanced age. 



Galidia IsiD. Geoffr. 



Comp. IsiD. Geoppr. Saint-Hilaiee, Guerin Magas. de Zool. 1839, 

 Mamm. PI. 14 — 17. 



Sp. Galidia elegans IsiD. Geoffr. PI. 14, &c. Small species from Mada- 

 gascar, which appear to stand half-way as it were between Herpestes and 

 Viverra, and are regarded by Wagner as a sub-genus of Herpestes. The 

 first false molar of the upper jaw is very small and sometimes falls out ; in 

 the lower jaw there were constantly, in the skulls examined by Geop- 

 FROT, only 5 molars. (Such was also the case in the two skulls examined 

 by me. This difference is however, in my opinion, less interesting than 

 that of the entire form of the skull, which in the elongation and flattened 

 curvature of the upper surface has a greater resemblance to that of the 

 Miisteke than of the Ichneumons.) 



5—5 2—2 



RJiyzcena Illig. Molar teeth -= — p , false -^ — ^ , tnberculate 



2-2 ^.3-3 1-1 3-3 ""^2-2 „~ „ . .„ 

 r^l' ^^'3^' ^-T^' P*3^I^' ™-2^r2""^^' O^en). All 



the feet tetradactylous, with claws, especially of the fore feet, long, 

 compressed, incurved. Two glandular, anal follicles. Tail longer 

 than half the body. (Orbit closed by a perfect osseous ring.) 



Sp. Rhyzcena suricatta, Viverra tetradactyla PalI/., Buff. xiii. PI. 8, 

 ScHREB. Sdugth. Tab. 117, 117 b, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Mamm. PI. 39, 

 fig. 2, GUER. Iconogr., Mammif. PI. 17, fig. 3, (fig. of cranium and 

 of feet) ; the zenik or suricate of Africa, especially South Africa, a small 

 Ichneumon, grey with darker transverse bands ; the tail is ruddy, with 

 a black tuft at the tip. 



5—5 2—2 

 Crossarchus F. Cuv. Molar teeth -= — z. , false -^ :: , lauiary 



5 — 5 2 — 2 •' 



tooth with conical, acute tubercles. Nose produced, proboscidian. 

 Ears small. Feet pentadactylous, plantigrade. Tail moderate, 



