xxxiv IXTHODICTIOX. 



the structure of wjinc of the tcctli, l»ctwec"n the lorgot exittiiig pri'tlntory 

 MiirKU|>ial, tlic RO-callcd Takiimninii Wolf {T%ftfirii$Ms), niul the true 

 Wolf; unil (i) thut thin Inrgc ManiU|iial is one which i» ino«t cxarp- 

 tioiiul in it* order, through having the Maritupial iMimnt n*|irr*culcd by 

 mere cartila^'rs We, however, do not attach ouv 'tec to thcic 



cniiieidencfs, Imi U-hevc tliat tlie reftcmltloiiccii n-ltmti ■>> have aritrn 

 iiHli-|Rn(ieiitly. 



Ah to ii|HTulntion« concrniiug the ongin of difTerent Giniite form*, 

 M. Marrtlliii lloule* cxprcMit the o{iinion that JmfiiirfOH mat the 

 oiieeHtor of Itoth the Ik^ant and the Dogt, whde (jHodiclU wa% the 

 anci>.Htor of Itotli the Civets and Foxet. Hiu aiiiimra to us to Iw ■ 

 mere »|KTidntion, whieli, whde we hove i '<-»t it» tnilli, wc 



cnnnot give an expn-** nillierenre to. Siinnw li, ni... >i r. turn out t« Ik? 

 n welUfiiunded Inltef, it wouM fonn auuther iiilerv«tiiig example of that 

 inde|M-ndent origin of nimilar nI met iim for which we have mi long con- 

 tended. M. Itoule very Kcnxiltly remark » t tluit if l>op» and F*i\<-h did 

 have KG divenu; an origin, such a fact would ronslitutc no rea»on why 

 their deHceiidiiiilit tthould not now lie gn)Upe<| in one tingle gi>nus. 



Indeed, we eonnot renMiuolily arronije our ' iiofthi 



world u|K)ii a ha»i!« of whal i(,H pnil« iiiny i..i<< ■•i.n or tutiuiiM ••uii 

 were. On llie view of llvolutiun whirli m a^» jet mo*t |Mipular. every 

 kind of intermediate form mtiitt have exioted at one time or niiolher ; and 

 if ever}' such fonn had to be included, no kind of cla!t*ification whatever 

 would Ik- |K>!Uiiblc for us. 



The Coniivom were cla&Hitiitl \>\ the late 11. N. Turner, jun. J, as a 

 family Vrniiltr of lU-ars, UmTtwiix. and WeaseU, a family Frlnhr of 

 Civets, Ilyn-iios, and Cat!',aiid the family <'ai»i(l/e. Tlietw three families 

 I'rofessor Flower has pro|K>sed ^ to raise to the miik of three sulxirilcrn, 

 called n's|K?ctively Arcloidra, ^Eluroidra, and Cynoidca, a pn)|Ki&aJ 

 which we have ourselves oecepted { , and which has nict with a very 



* Sc<> Bulletin dc la 8ocicU> Gi^>lu^<)ac do Frsnor, 3* u-xit, L xrii. p. 321. 

 t r.:tW. : P. Z. S. IM?. ; -• 



§ r. Z. S. 1^0il, pp.4-37. 

 „ ■ The Ut; p. 474 ; sod Vnc ZooL Soc. 18$2, p. 138. 



