VIVERKIM:. 99 



Viverra bakeri, Bose l . 

 Syn. Canis ? sp., Falc. and Caut. 



Hob. India. 



40183. Cranium, much damaged posteriorly and superiorly, but 

 (Fig.) exhibiting the last four cheek-teeth of either side ; from 

 the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills, India. This specimen, 

 which is the type, is figured by Falconer and Cautley in 

 the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,' pi. Q. figs. 1, 1 a, 1 6, 1 c, 

 where it is doubtfully referred to Canis and is described 

 and figured by the present writer in the ' Palasontologia 

 Indica,' ser. 10, vol. ii. p. 269, pi. xxxiii. figs. 1, 1 a. In 

 the relative size of the carnassial teeth this specimen is 

 nearer to V. zibetha than to V. civetta, from which it is 

 concluded that the species cannot in all probability have 

 been the ancestor of the African V. civetta ; it is, however, 

 extremely probable that it may have given rise to the 

 Indian V. zibetha, the reduced size of the true molars of the 

 latter being a later specialization. 



Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



40180. Fragment of the left maxilla, containing pm. 4 and m. 1 ; 



(Fig.) from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. This specimen 

 is figured by Falconer and Cautley in the ' Fauna Antiqua 

 Sivalensis/ pi. Q. fig. 3 ; and is described and figured by 

 the present writer in the ' Palaeontologia Indica,' ser. 10, 

 vol. ii. p. 270, pi. xxxiii. fig. 2. 



Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



Viverra durandi, Lydekker 2 . 

 Syn. (?) Canis, sp., Falc. and Caut. 



Hab. India. 



M. 1338. Cranium, wanting the anterior portion ; from the Plio- 

 (Fig.) cene of the Siwalik Hills, India. This specimen, which is 

 the type of the species, shows the last three cheek-teeth of 

 either side in fair preservation. On the left side the zygo- 

 matic arch is preserved ; but the specimen is so fragile 

 that it has not been deemed advisable to clear it from the 

 matrix. It is described and figured by the present writer 



1 Quart. Journ.Geol. Soc. vol. xxxvi. p. 131 (1880). 



2 Palseontologia Indica (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 10, vol. ii. p. 271 

 (1884). 



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