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Genus ICTICYOX, Lund (1845). 



Icticyon, Lund, K. Danske ^'idenskabe^nes Selskabs, vol. xi. p. CI 



(1845). 

 Cynalicus, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Xat. Hist. vol. xvii. p. 293 (1846). 



Generic Characters. 



Digits 5—4. Pm. \, M. \. Rarely M. % or \. 



Nasals extending backwards about as far as the adjacent portions of 

 maxillae ; external margin of each rather sigmoid in outline ; face 

 short ; mandible with a subangular process ; postorbital processes of 

 both frontals and malars small ; anterior palatine foramina not very 

 large ; first upper premolar small ; first upper molar subtriangular ; no 

 second upper molar, or only a minute one ; second lower molar minute 

 or absent ; limbs short ; tail and ears very short ; caecum straight. 



