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shorter than body. Anal glandular follicle. (Orbit not circum- 

 scribed posteriorly.) 



Sp. Crossarchus dbscurus GEOFFB. SAINT-HIL. and F. Cuv. Mamm. Livr. 47, 

 Cuv. R. Ani., id. ill., Mamm. PL 39, fig. 3 ; le mangue; on the west 

 coast of Africa ; feeds on small mammals, insects and fruits. 



Cryptoprocta BENNETT. 



Sp. Cryptoprocta ferox BENNETT, Trans. Zool. Soc. i. pp. 137 140, PL 21 ; 

 Madagascar. (A young specimen of this animal, from which the dental 

 formula could not be determined. The feet are pentadactylous, planti- 

 grade; the claws retractile. It is not known to me from personal 

 inspection.) 



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Paradoxurus F. Cuv., Platyschista OTTO. Molar teeth - - 



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(as in the Viverrce). Laniary tooth, especially the lower, thick, 

 with conical tubercles. Feet plantigrade, pentadactylous, with toes 

 conjoined by skin, the poll ex not raised. Tail long, cylindrical, 

 sometimes voluble, never prehensile. Naked area or glandular fold 

 between the anus and the genitals. (Orbit not circumscribed pos- 

 teriorly.) 



Sp. Paradoxurus typus F. Cuv. Mammif. Livr. 24, (1821), GUEB. Iconogr., 

 Mamm,. PI. 17, fig. i ; brown with darker spots; the specimen observed 

 by F. CUVIEB carried its tail turned spirally ; from this he borrowed the less 

 correct name of the genus, which, however, has been generally adopted. 

 This species is from the continent of India, Madras, &c. (BuFFON had 

 previously caused this species to be figured, from a specimen exhibited in 

 a fair, under the name of Genette de France, Suppl. in. PI. 47, p. 238.) 

 Other species occur in the East Indies, of which in Java the most common 

 is Paradoxurus Musanga GBAT, Viverra Musanga BAFFLES, HOBSF. Zool. 

 Research, in Java, No. i ; found also in Borneo, Sumatra and Timor. 

 Paradoxurus binotatus TEMM. (Par. HamiUoni GBAT), is a species from the 

 west coast of Africa; see TEMMINCK Esquisses Zool. p. 119. These animals 

 live more on fruits than on animal food, and sleep by night on trees. 



Compare on this genus TEMMINCK Monogr. de Mammal, n. 1841, 

 pp. 312 344, with figures of the skull and the skeleton of Paradoxurus 

 trivirgatus GBAT, TEMM. 



Note. Amblyodon JOUBDAN (Comptes rendus, 1837), is a species of 

 Paradoxurus, namely Parod. PhUipensis OGILBT (TEMM. Monogr. 11. 

 p. 339), Parad. Jourdanii GBAT. 



Potamophilus SAL. MUELLER, Cynogale GRAY, Lamictis BLAINV. 



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Molar teeth - - (as in the Viverrce) ; laniary tooth tuberculate. 

 Ears small. Snout produced, obtuse, depressed. Bristles at the 



