Classi/ication of the Muni/ooset. 523 



bt'liind tlmt point; (upper lip shallow, 



cleft ; diirits h—ft). 



b. I Unfits 2 to 5 iilwiiva united by a web 



which projects heyoud the margin uf 



the plantar pad. 



c. Either a sp.ice or /»m' intervening 



between the ujjper c-uriine and pin'. Mungot *, 

 c'. No space between upper canine and 



pm', pm^ suppresj?eu Ueloyale. 



b' . Di^ita 2 to /j separated down to jdnntar 

 pad, owing to suppreasion of the webs 



present in other penera Atilav. 



'. Dentition more ^Generalized, rather crush- 

 ing than sectorial, upper earnassial 

 {piii^) set forwards so that its posterior 

 angle is well in ailvance of the root of 

 the malar arch, the whole or practically 

 the whole of 7/»' being also in advan<v* 

 of tliat point, the line of tlie cheek-teeth 



forming a much more even curve at the , 

 junction of />;«* and mK 

 d. \\'ebs deeper as compared with length 

 of digits; ears niuderate or small, 

 with no pocket beliind the aniitragal 

 ridge; skull elongated, lower; inner 

 portions of upper hi', >/i' tliick and 

 strong; la-<t lower molar with median 

 external cusp or flat-crowned. 

 e. Legs short, semiplantigrade, fore 

 paws broad, with very long claws; 

 at most the heel of the hind foot 

 hairy, ears small and rounded (no 

 gTi>ove on upper lip). 

 /. Snout short as in Minujus, infra- 

 uarial portion of rhinarium shal- 

 low ; anal sack complex Ariela. 



f . Snout long, infranarial portion of 



rhinarium deep ; anal sack simple, t'rossarchus, 

 e. Legs long, digitigrade, fore paws 

 narrow, claws shorter, metatarsus 

 covered with hair almost to the 

 plantar pad, ears longer. 



g. I'pper lip grooved, posterior cheek- 



teeth cuspidate ; mesopterygoid 

 fossa set turther back. 

 h. PoUex and hallux retained .... Ichneumia. 

 h'. PoUex and hallux suppressed . . Bdeoyule. 

 y • I'pP*"'" J'r nngruoved, posterior 

 cneek-teeth tlnt-crowiied ; meso- 

 pterygoid fossa set more forwards. lihynchogalf. 

 d'. Webs very shallow as compared with 

 length of digiti', esjHfcially between 

 digiU 3 and 4, 4 and r> ; ears very 

 large for the group, with a fimafl 



• I 3U5)pect this genus will prove to be divisible into three or more 

 genera when better known. 



