98 CAENIVOEA. 



Herpestes, and the anterior talon of pm . 4 is more strongly 

 developed 1 . 



On the whole it appears that the present form is de- 

 cidedly a viverrine ; and presents well-marked affinities 

 both with Viverra and Herpestes. In the tendency to the 

 disappearance of m. 2 and the form of the upper carnassial 

 there are indications of a transition to Prionodon and the 

 musteline genus Plesictis, which presents viverrine affi- 

 nities in the form of m. 1. Purchased, 1884. 



Genus VIVERRA, Linn. 2 



Dentition : I. |, C. j, Pm. ^i^, M. \. The accompanying wood- 

 cut (fig. 10) shows the characters of the upper dentition in the 

 existing Viverra zibetha. of India. 



Fig. 10. 



Viverra zibetha, Linn. Palate. \. (From the 'Palseontologia Indica.') 



1 The mandible of the present form is much larger than that of Herpestes 

 minimus (woodcut, fig. 12, p. 101) ; and is also distinguished by the higher 

 crowns of the teeth, the shorter ^2, and the presence of a distinct anterior talon 

 to m.4. 



2 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 63 (1766). 



