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1.7. 



Nyctereutes Temminck. 



B. MEQALOTINAE. 



Megalotis Blainv.= J 4rrioc?ws H. Smith=0tocyon Licht. 



Extinct Canidae ? incertae sedis. 

 Amphicyon Lartet. 

 Cynodon Aym. 

 Galecynus Owen. 

 Palceocyon Lund, (not Blainv.) 

 Speothos Lund. 



STIPEE-FAMILY AECTOIDEA. 

 XVI. MTTSTELIDAE. 



SUB-FAMILIES. 



I. Skull with the cerebral portion comparatively compressed backwards ; 

 and with the rostral portion comparatively produced, attenuated, and 

 transversely convex above ; anteorbital foramen small and opening for- 

 wards. Feet with little developed or no mterdigital membrane. 



A. Auditory bulla much inflated, undivided, bulging, and convex forwards ; 

 periotic region extending little outwards or backwards. Palate moder- 

 ately emarginated. 



1. Last molar of upper jaw (M i) transverse, (with the inner ledge in- 

 flated at its inner angle;) sectorial tooth with a single inner cusp. 



a. M \ ; First true molar (sectorial) of lower jaw followed by a small 

 second (tubercular) one. Toes short, regularly arched, and with 

 the last phalanges bent up, withdrawing the claws into sheaths. 

 (Gray.) 



MUSTELINAE. (A.) 



b. M -J-; first true molar (sectorial) of lower jaw only developed. Toes 

 straight, with the last phalanges and claws extended; the latter 

 non-retractile. (Gray.) 



MELLIVORINAB. (C.) 



2. Last molar of upper jaw (^-7-) enlarged and more or less extended 

 longitudinally. M i. Toes straight, with the last phalanges and 

 claws extended; the latter non-retractile. (Gray.) 



MELINAB. (B.) 



B. Auditory bulla elongated and extending backwards close to the par- 

 occipital process. (Flower.) Palate moderately einarginated. 



1. Last molar of upper jaw fM ) transverse; (with the inner ledge 

 narrowed inwards): sectorial tooth with two inner cusps. 



HELICTIDIWAB. (g.) 



C. Auditory bulla inflated, undivided, with the anterior inferior extremity 

 pointed and commonly united to the prolonged hamular process of the 

 pterygoid. (Flower.) Palate moderately emarginated. 



