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ORDER V. 



free ; in the upper jaw a false molar is often want- 

 ing ; tail moderately long. 



Gal. elegans is the type. 



Genus GALIDICTIS. Founded on Mustela striata 

 of authors; has the canines more powerful, the 

 true molars broader, more contracted in the an- 

 tero-posterior direction, f, \-\, f-f = 36; in both 

 genera the dentition more blunt and simple, indi- 

 cates a partial frugivorous habit, that separates it 

 widely from Hemigalea and Prionodon. 



Gal. striata^ V. fasclata ? Chat Sauvage a Ian- 

 des noires, Sonner. Grey rufous, with six longitu- 

 dinal black streaks. Plantigrade. 



