166 ORDER V. 



free ; in the upper jaw a false molar is often want- 

 ing ; tail moderately long. 



Gal. elegam is the type. 



Genus GALIDICTIS. Founded on Mustela striata 

 of authors; has the canines more powerful, the 

 true molars hroader, more contracted in the an- 

 tero-posterior direction, , {-{, f-f = 36 ; in hoth 

 genera the dentition more hlunt and simple, indi- 

 cates a partial frugivorous hahit, that separates it 

 widely from Hemlgalea and Prionodon. 



Gal. striata, V. fasciata ? Chat Sauvage a lan- 

 des noires, Sonner. Grey rufous, with six longitu- 

 dinal black streaks. Plantigrade. 



