728 CLASS XVII. 



n 



Gymnura HoRSF., VIGORS. Incisor teeth ^ , two upper middle 



distant, somewhat large, with the two following on each side small; 



true canines none ; molars t^ — 5 , spurious on each side four above 



o — o 



and below, the first representing a canine. Muzzle produced, ob- 

 tuse. Eyes small. Ears rounded, naked. Feet pentadactylous, 

 Avith three middle toes longer. Long bristles, especially in the 

 back, scattered amongst the hair. Tail somewhat long, thinly 



3 — 3 1—1 4 — 4 



haired, scaly. (Dent. form. Owen, i. .5 — ^ , c. :, ^ , p. j — j ' 



3-3 



m- 333 ^ 44.) 



Sp. Gymnwi'a Rafflesii Vigors, Zool. Journal, No. lo, ill. pp. 246 — 249, PI. 8 

 (copied in Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Mammif. PI. 28, fig. 3), Viverra gymnura 

 Raffl., Linn. Trans, xiii. i, p. 272; Malacca and Sumatra. This animal 

 resembles in external form the marsupials of America. The skeleton has 

 1 5 pairs of ribs and 5 lumbar vertebrse, 



Rhynchocyon Peters. Upper incisors two, very small, remote, 



7 — 7 

 deciduous, lower 6 ; molars ^z — ^ , the first upper long, resembling 



4-4 ' ~' 

 a camne, the true k — 5 • Nose porrect, forming a very long pro- 

 o — o 



boscis. Ears moderate. Eyes large. Feet tetradactylous, with 



claws strong, the outer toe in fore feet remote, the hind feet longer. 



Tail long, ringed, thinly haired. 



Sp. Rhynchocyon Cirnei Peters, Reise nach Mossambique, Sdugth. Tab. 2 r ; 

 this hitherto very rare animal has the nearest affinity with Gymmira, at 

 the same time some resemblance also to Macroscelides. 



Claclohates F. Cuv., Hylogale Temm., Tupaia Raffl. Incisors 



4 



-i , the upper remote, the lower procumbent, with four middle 



■ longer ; true canines none ; molars fz — - , true 5 — 5 , the lower 



i — i — 



divided by a transverse groove, cuspidate. Muzzle attenuate, pro- 

 duced. Ears oval, somewhat large. Feet pentadactylous. Tail 

 long, densely clothed with hair, subdistichous. 



The Tupaias are small lively animals, found chiefly on the Sunda Islands, 

 and in part also in the peninsula of India, and live like squiiTels (which 

 are also called Tupaias by the Malays). They feed principally on coleo- 

 pterous insects, but also on fruits. The orbit is closed behind by a bony 



