Characters of Cry ptoprocta. 4 1 7 



the other lobes considerably smaller than in Paradoxurus 

 {Par/uina) larvatu.t. The c(ij,'e of the three main lobes, 

 although sinuously curved, may be (le^cribcd as semicircular 

 in a broad sense. Behind the plantar pad there is a niediaa 

 depressed smooth area, flankecl by the two moieties of the 

 carpal pad, tlie inner edges of which converge posteriorly 

 and meet. The outer moiety, narrowed distally, where it 

 abuts against the external lateral lobe of the plantar pad, 

 is both longer and wider than the inner moiety, which is not 

 narrowed anteriorly where it similarly abuts against the 

 pollical lobe of the plantar pad. The two moieties of the 

 carpal pad taken together are longer than the plantar pad 

 and almost as wide as it. Above the proximal end of the 

 carpal pad there is a tuft of carpal vibrissae. 



In general features the hin([ foot, so far as the claws, 

 digital and jilantar pads are concerned, resembles the fore 

 foot, except that the claws are a little shorter, the hallucal 

 lobe is larger than the pollical lobe, and the third and fourth 

 digital pads are tied much more closely together, though 

 not actually conHuent as in Paradoxurus and Arctictis. The 

 lieel itself is hairy, but the metatarsal area is quite naked 

 and provided with two broad metatarsal pads or ridges, 

 separated by a median depression which extends distally 

 from the plantar pad, but is proximally cut off from the 

 hairy area of the heel by the broad confluence of the two 

 metatarsal ridges. The inner of these two ridges is broadly 

 in contact distally with the hallucal lobe. It is much 

 shorter than the external ridge, which touches the plantar 

 pad distally and proximally expands where it runs up against 

 the hairy area of the heel. 



The feet above described are essentially Paradoxurine in 

 type, and do not differ more from the feet of Paradoxurus 

 than the latter differ from those of Arctictis or Arctoynlidia. 

 They are not Hemigaline and most emphatically they are 

 not Viverrine, Eupkriue, Galidictine, Mungotine, or Feline. 

 They differ, indeed, from the feet of the Felidie as profoundly 

 as the feet of any yEluroid differ therefrom. 



The resemblance between the feet of Cryptoprocta and 

 Paradoxurus cannot be attributed to close affinity between 

 the two genera. It must be explained as the mutual 

 inheritance of a primitive feature. 



The Anal Sac and Glands. — The area between the root 

 of the tail and the scrotum forms a vertically elliptical 

 thickened elevation which is closely hairy at the sides, less 

 closely towards the middle, and then quite naked. In the 

 middle of the naked area there i'i a deep ovate naked 



