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Mr. Aplin terms it,’ is known also as the “Huron.” It almost 
rivals the Skunk in the power of the odour which it can emit 
when enraged. <A trapped specimen was placed in a cage 50 
yards or so from the house, and even at this distance it was 
disagreeably easy to tell when any one visited the animal—at 
least when the wind set in the right direction. It is greyish 
yellow above and blackish beneath, presenting, as has been 
Fic. 220.—Grison. Grisonia vittata. x4. 
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remarked, a curious similarity to the Ratel. The nose of this 
animal is destitute of a median groove, which is present in the 
Tayra; the soles of the feet, however, are naked as in that animal, 
and it is nearly plantigrade in walk. It differs also from (alictis 
in having sixteen” instead of fourteen dorsal vertebrae. Eleven 
of the ribs reach the sternum. Considering the differences that 
exist between some other genera of Arctoids, it may be fairly 
allowed that a genus Grisonia is tenable. 
G. allamandi is darker coloured than the Grison, with a white 
band from the forehead to the neck. Mr. T. Bell described a 
tame individual as eating eggs, frogs, and even a young 
alligator. 
A third genus of this group has recently been founded by Mr. 
Oldfield Thomas * for a small African animal, which is Grison-like 
in its coloration. The name given to the genus, Galeriscus, 
is intended to suggest its likeness to the Grison (Galera or 
(rrisonia). ‘The chief distinctive feature of this genus, whose 
skeleton is not yet known, is the presence of only four digits on 
each limb; the pollex and the hallux being entirely absent. The 
ears of this Grison are short. 
1 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 306. 
2 I found fifteen. 3 Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xiii. 1893, p. 522. 
