02 African Zooloyg. 



on the same parts of the body in difleient individuals. The 

 white and ochre coloured patches have always black edges. 

 Ears black on their hinder surfaces and edges ; ear tufts and 

 inner edges ochre coloured ; eyes brown ; tail ochre coloured at 

 its base, then black ; towards the extremity it is white. Length 

 from nose to base of tail three feet three inches ; length of tail 

 one foot three inches and a quarter : height at the shoulder 

 one foot ten, at the rump one foot eleven inches. 



Inhabits Korti and the sandy regions of Kordofan. 



Canis pictus, Ailas zu der Reise in Nordlichen Afrika von 

 Ed. Ruppcll, foL 35, tab. 12. 



Obs. In Ruppell's Atlas this and the Cape species are regarded as 

 identical, but several discrepances are indicated, particularly in the 

 colouis, and their disi>lbutioD. I have every reason to believe that 

 Ruppell's species exists at the Cape, but 1 am satisfied that it is not the 

 same as the Hyaena veualica of Buvchell. The Cape farmers are ac- 

 quainted with two species of what they call Wilde Himd ; the one they 

 describe as larger, darker coloured, and much more ferocious than the 

 other. This I am inclined to view as the C. pictuis which is described in 

 the work quoted, as being in the habit of attacking n)an. 



Genus Viverba. Linnasus. 

 Incisors I, canines \ \, cheek teeth % f, — 40. Upper Jaw — 

 three false molars, a little conical, and compressed; a large 

 sharp cutti7ig c.arnivvrous tooth somewhat tricuspid, and two 

 tuberculous ones. Lower jaw ^ four false ynolars, a large bicuspid 

 carnivorous tooth and a tuberculous one behind it. Head long ; ■ 

 muzzle pointed; feet five-toed ; claws semi-relractile ; anal pouch 

 very deep, divided into two bags, which are filled ivitk a musky 

 secretion. Figure rather robust. 



Viverra Civitta, Lin. (The Civet.) Grey with brown or 

 black stripes and spots, the former on the shoulders narrow 

 and parallel, on the body and thighs larger, and sometimes so 

 approximated and curved as to form eye-like spots. Sides of 

 the neck white with three transverse black bands ; under parts 

 of the head, the muzzle, and the legs, black ; upper lips white ; 

 inner surfaces of ears greyish white, outer surfaces black : under 

 parts of body white, the bases of the hairs brown or black. 

 Tail moderately long, surrounded towards the base with four 

 or five black rings ; the last six inches towards the tip perfectly 

 hlack : along the centre of the back and tail the hair is longest, 

 and produces the appearance of a mane. Length from nose to 

 base of tail about twenty-six inches ; length of tail thirteen 

 inches. 



Inhabits Africa, especially Abyssinia, — also some parts of 

 Asia. 



Civctta Clusins. La Civctte, Buff. Hist. Nat. h. The Civet, 

 Ponn. Quad. 11. 



