41-4 



Mr. R. I. Pocock on some of the External 



Beddard, Pioc. Zool. Soc. 1895, pp. 430-437. 



Lciuiiberji:, Bih. Sv. Vet.-Akad. IlaiKll. xxviii. pt. 4, no. 3, 



pp. 1-10 (1902). 

 Carlssou, Zool. Jalab. Syst. xxx. pp. 419-467 (1911). 



The R'iinarium and Facial Vibrissce. — When Bennett 

 described the rhinarium of an immature exami)le of Cri/pto- 

 pructa as small, lie gave a very erroneous idea of its appear- 

 ance in the adult, althougli it must be admitted tliat his 

 standard for size was not stated. As compared with the 

 rhinarium of the Felidje, that of Cryptoprocta is large and 

 prominent as in most Viverridae. Its inferior border in 

 front is continued downwards as a naked tract dividing the 



Fig. 1. 



A. Side view of head of Cryptop-octa ferox, showing the tufts of 



facial vibrissae. The mystacials are represented as shorter 

 than they are in reality, so as not to conceal the two genal 

 tufts below the eye. 



B. Rhinarium seen from the front. 



upper lip, but this tract is not marked by a central and 

 dilatable groove as in most Carnivores that possess it. 

 There is, however, a shallow groove extending approximately 

 as high as the top of the nostrils, in the middle of the 

 anterior surface of the rhinarium. The nostrils are widely 

 separated, and the lateral narial slits are dilated through- 

 out their length. The infranarial portions are deep beneath 



