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rHE PROTELES LALANDII, Isidor., Gsoff. 

 Viverra liyiBnoicljs, Cuv. 



PLATE XXX. 

 [By mistake named Lalande's Agriodus.] 



The individual Avas shot by M. de Lalande during iiis 

 travels in Caffraria. The skull represented an in- 

 termediate form between a dog and a Civet ; the mo- 

 lars of the upper jaw, four on each side, were small, 

 the three first having only a single point, and the 

 fourth behig a small tubercular tooth ; below there 

 were only three cheek-teeth, the first with a single 

 point, the two others, one with a point and a small 

 process, and the other with two points and a pro- 

 cess. The form of the animal Avas that of a dimi- 

 nutive hy^na, with a small head and long legs; 

 the nose resembled a dog's ; the fore feet had five 

 toes and the hind feet four ; the colour was a yellow 

 ashy grey, with six or seven black bands passing 

 obliquely down the body, and three smaller on the 

 shoulder ; the tail a brush of dark hairs, and black 

 mane on the back. In weight this animal does not 



