MAMMALIA. 



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under-jaw, legs, and tail, nearly black ; under each eye a white 

 spot. Inhabits India. 



Genus 55 Suricata. — Desmarest. 



Generic Character.— Incisory teeth |, canines \-\, grinders 

 l'^ ; total 40. Body elongated ; feet with three toes, nails 

 strong, formed for digging ; ears small ; tail long and slender ; 

 and with a pouch around the anus. 



Suricata capensis. — The Sukikate. — Plate XIV*. fig- 3. 

 — Hairs annulated with brown, white, yellow, and black, form- 

 ing a general shade of dull brown ; nose round ; eyes and ears 

 black ; under parts and tail yellowish ; nails long, strong, and 

 black. 



Division III. — Without a tuberculous tooth behind the great 

 carnivorous tooth in the lower jaw. 



Genus 56 HY.a:NA. — Cuvier. 



Generic Character.— Incisory teeth «, canines \-\, very strong ; 

 grinders f^J ; total 34. Three false grinders ; one very large, 

 strong, carnivorous tooth, with three cutting edges on the outer 

 side, and a small tubercle within, with a little tuberculous 

 tooth behind in the upper jaw ; in the lower, three false molars ; 

 the carnivorous tooth bicuspid, without an inner tubercle, and 

 no tuberculous tooth behind ; jaws powerful, shorter than those 

 of the dog, but longer than in the Felinae ; tongue aculeated ; 

 ears large ; feet tetradactylous ; nails not retractile ; a glandu- 

 lar pouch at the anus ; teats four. 



Hyana vulgaris. — The Striped Hy^na. — Plate XIV. fig. 

 1.— Described vol. II. p. 249, 252, &c. 



Hymna crocuta.—liWE Spotted Hyaena.— Plate XIV. fig. 

 2.— Described, vol. II. p. 253. 



Genus 57 Ratelus. — Bennet. 



Generic Character.— Incisory teeth ^, canines J^J, grinders 

 l:^ ; total 32. Canines very thick, strong and triangular ; in 

 the upper jaw the cheek teeth consist of two false molars, with 

 conical pointed crowns ; one lacerator, and one tubercular, ar- 

 ranged exactly in the same manner as in cats ; lower jaw, three 



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