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MEERCAT BARROW. 



PLATE IV. 

 Cynidis Steedmanni, GIL BY. 



RUFOUS-BROWN, on cheeks and sides mixed with 

 grey ; tip of tail dirty white ; length of head and 

 body one foot, tail one foot ; appears like a small 

 fox with short limbs. From the Cape. 



Cynictis melanurus. Black -tailed Meercat. 

 Seems to be deficient in tubercular teeth behind 

 the carnassial ; darker coloured ; tip of tail tufted 

 and black, a trifle smaller, the fur closer. Found afc 

 Sierra Leone, and may be the Koheboe of Bosnian. 



Sub-genus CROSSARCHUS, like the former, inter- 

 mediate between Ryzcena and the Ichneumons, hav- 

 ing the round head and anal, pouch of the first, and 

 the five toes and claws on each foot of the second, 

 but a plantigrade walk ; the same number of teeth 

 as Ryzcena, but their form is like that of Herpestes 

 Proper. The only species known was brought from 

 Western Africa ; it is the 



Cross, obscurus, F. Cuvier. In size similar to 

 Ryzoena, with pointed nose, rounded ears, dark 

 grey -brown, paler cheeks, a full brush tail, black 

 feet ; a gentle and very cleanly animal in captivity. 



Sub-genus HERPESTES Proper. The Ichneu* 



