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tiie disposition of the superficial vessels of the kidneys, and in 

 some other respects, that of the typical Vivcrridae, and ap- 

 proaches nearly to the structure of the Felida;. Mr. Bennett 

 stated his impression that the animal should he regarded as the 

 type of a new genus, nearly allied to, but distinct from, Para- 

 doxurus." 



Inhabits Madagascar. 



Cryptoprocta ferox, Bennett. Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society of London, 1833, p. 46. 



Fam. MANGUSTID.E. 



Genus Crossarchus. F. Ctcvier. 



Incisors |, canines ]■ ^i molars f I, — 36. Teeth like those of 

 the Ichneumon ; head rounded; snout siighthj prolonged, move- 

 able, terminated by a muzzle, on the margins of which the 

 nostrils are situated. Eyes small, pupils round; ears small and 

 round, with two jirominent lamell form lobes "placed one above 

 the other in their concavity. Fur composed of two kinds of hair ; 

 feet with five toes; an anal pouch ; tail moderate; form rather 

 robust. 



Crossarchus typicus. (The Mangue.) Colour brown through- 

 out, paler on the head, and slightly tinted with yellow, most 

 distinct on the anterior parts, which arises from the hairs being 

 deep brown at their base and tipped with yellow, and this lat- 

 ter portion of them is longer towards the neck and shoulders 

 than on the hinder parts and thighs. The woolly hairs are 

 numerous, and covered almost entirely by the silky ones, some 

 of which are an inch and a half long ; they are, however, very 

 short on the head and limbs, and the tail appears to be furnish- 

 ed with them only on its upper and under surfaces ; the hairs 

 incline irregularly in various directions. Tail, when the animal 

 is in motion, usually curved downwards. Length of the head 

 three inches and a half: of the body, eight ; of the tail, seven : 

 medium height five inches. 



Inhabits the Western Coast of Africa. 



Crosarchus Dubius, F. Cuvier. Hist. Nat. des Mammiferes. 



Obs. The animal which forms the type of this genus is allied by certain 

 of its characters both to Ichncuman and Ryzaiui, aud is to bo considered 

 as holding an oscillant position between them. 



Order GLIRES. 



Genus Aulacodus. Van Stchid. 



Incisors ^, canines 3 s> molars 1 i, — 20. Canines of upper jaw 

 deeply furrowed; molars lamellated; no cheek pouches; anterior 

 feet with four toes and the rudiments of a thumb, hinder ones 



