480 JIAMMALIA. 



** Pupils of the eyes long; tail long and busby. 



Canis vulpes — The Common Fox. — Plate XI. fig. 7. 



Described, vol, II. p. 239 



Genus 54. — Viverra. — Linnaus. 



Generic Character. — Incisory teeth |, canine teeth J-J, grin- 

 ders ^-^«; total 40. In the upper jaw, three false grinders, 

 which are a little conical and compressed ; a large carnivorous 

 bicuspid tooth, and two tuberculous ones ; in the lower jaw are 

 four false grinders ; one bicuspid, and one large tuberculous 

 tooth behind ; the head is long, muzzle pointed ; nostrils pierced 

 on the sides of the nose ; pupils of the eyes capable of being 

 contracted almost into a line ; tongue aculeaied ; feet with five 

 toes, the claws partly retractile ; with an oval pouch, more or 

 less deep. 



Sub-Genus I. — Viverra — Cuvier Anal pouch very deep, 



and divided into two sacs, containing an unctuous, musky 

 secretion ; cheek teeth or grinders f^. 



Viverra civetta The Civet. — Plate IX. fig. 7. — See de- 

 scription, vol. II. p. 283. 



3iustela zibetha. — The Zibet.— Plate IX. fig. 8 — Fur gray; 

 legs transversely spotted with brown ; throat white, with two 

 black bands on each side ; destitute of mane ; tail long, with 

 eight or ten rings of black and white. 



Sub- Genus II. — Genetta. — Desmarest. — Anal pouch re- 

 duced to a mere fold of- the skin, containing very little secre- 

 tion ; tail straight ; cheek teeth ^^e- 



Genetta vulgaris.— The Genet — Plate XVII**. fig. 1.— 

 See description, vol. II. p. 281. 



Sub-Genus III. — Paradoxurus. — Dentary formula and 

 general shape the same as in the Viverra; destitute of the 

 secretoiy pouch ; plantigrade ; tail as long as the body, flat- 

 tened above and below, which the animal can roll up spirally. 



Paradoxurus typus. — The Type Paradoxurus. — Plate 

 XVI*. fig. 4. — Fur grayish black with a tinge of yellow, with 

 one broad dorsal, and two or three narrow indistinct black lines ; 



