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Genus OTOCYON, Liclitenstein (1838). 



Otocyon, Lichtenstein, as referred to m Wiegmann's Archiv fiir Natur- 

 geschichte, iv. Jahrgang, Bd. i. p. 290 (1838). 



Agriodus, Hamilton Smith, Jardine's Naturalist's Librarv, vol. x. p. 258 

 (1810). 



Generic Characters. 



Digits 5—4. Pm. \, M. J. 



Nasals extending backwards beyond the adjacent portions of the 

 maxillse ; skull, viewed in profile, showing very little vertical elevation 

 in the interorbital region ; postorbital processes well developed ; palate 

 projecting backwards beyond last molars ; mandible with a very large 

 subangular process and slender horizontal rami ; sectorial teeth relatively 

 very small, and with small sectorial blades ; ears very large ; caecum 

 contorted. 



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