52 CABNIVOHA. 



A. Auditory bulla much dilated, rounded, and (except 



in Hi/ffnidtf) divided into two chambers by a 

 septum. Bony auditory meatus short. Par- 

 occipital process flattened against the bulla and 

 (except in Hyaniilai) not projecting behind. 

 Condyloid and glenoid foramina concealed or 

 wanting. Caecum small ^ELUROIDE A *. 



a. Head short ; 3 or 4 teeth in upper molar series, 



3 in lower; dorsal vertebrae 13; claws sharp, 

 curved, and (except in Cyn&lurus) com- 

 pletely retractile, loes 5 4 1. Felidae. 



b. Head elongate ; 5 or teeth in molar series of 



each jaw; claws variable. Toes usually 5 5. 2. Viverridae. 



c. Head elongate ; 4 teeth in upper molar" series, 



3 or 4 in lower, all small and widely sepa- 

 rated ; claws blunt. Toes 64 Proteleidae. 



d. Head slightly elongate ; 5 teeth in upper molar 



series, 4 in lower ; dorsal vertebra) 15 ; claws 



blunt, not retractile. Toes 4 4 3. Hyaenidae. 



B. Auditory bulla much dilated, rounded but not 



divided. Bony auditory meatus short. Par- 

 occipital process flattened against bulla, but 

 projecting behind. Condyloid and glenoid 

 foramina distinct. Cascum elongate, and gener- 

 ally folded en itself CYNOIDEA. 



a. Premolars ^4* true molars variable 



in all Indian forms) ; claws exserted, blunt, 



non -retractile. Toes 5 4 (except in Lycaon) 4. Canidae. 



C. Auditory bulla not rounded nor divided, most 

 prominent on inner border and sloping thence 

 forwards, backwards, and outwards, flattened 

 off towards the meatus, the lower lip of which 

 is prolonged. Paroccipital process prominent, 

 quite free from bulla. Condyloid and glenoid 

 foramina distinct. No csecum. Toes 5 5 .. ARCTOIDEAf. 



a. True molars ^ (one tubercular molar behind 



thesectorial above and below). Noalisphenoid 



canal .................................. 5. Mustelidae. 



b. True molars gE", (two tubercular molars in 



upper jaw, one in lower, behind sectorial) . . 0. Procyonidae. 



c. 





True molars Z"a- An alisphenoid canal ---- 7. Ursidae. 



Of the above-named families one only, Proteleidce, containing a 

 single species, Proteles cristatus, peculiar to Southern Africa, is not 

 found in the Indian region. The remaining seven are represented. 



* For anatomical details of classification see Mivart, P. Z. S. 1882 pn 135 

 459. 



t For anatomical details see Mivart, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 340. 



