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Genus OTOCYON, Liechtenstein (1838). 



Otocyon, Liechtenstein, as referred to in Wiegmann's Archiv fiir Natur- 

 geschichte, iv. Jahrgang, Bd. i. p. 290 (1838). 



Agriodus, Hamilton Smith, Jardine's Naturalist's Library, vol. x. p. 258 

 (1840). 



Generic Characters. 



Digits 54. Pm. |, M. |. 



Nasals extending backwards beyond the adjacent portions of the 

 maxillae ; skull, viewed in profile, showing very little vertical elevation 

 in the interorbital region ; postorbital processes well developed ; palate 

 projecting backwards beyond last molars ; mandible with a very large 

 subangular process and slender horizontal rami ; sectorial teeth relatively 

 very small, and with small sectorial blades ; ears very large ; caecum 

 contorted. 



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