Exlernal Characters of Gy\\o^'A^ihc\\n^'i\\\. 355 



Ear (PI. XIV. fijc. 3). — Tlio pinna, .is (lcscril)cd by others, 

 is small, but its upper margin is slij^Mitly anj^ular, not evenly 

 rounded as stated by Saiiyal. The cartila<;inous ridges and 

 flaps rouiul antl above the meatus resend)le elosely in a 

 general way those of Genetta, as deseribed and fiu;ured by 

 Mivart (l\ Z. S. 188.i, p. 517, i'v^. 12). The " autitragus^^ 

 is well developed and "double," as Mivart says — that is to 

 say, there is an upstanding erest on its inner side, with a 

 fossa between. Similarly, the anterior basal ridge of the 

 "helix" iornis a ridge on the inner side of the "tragus," 

 and is sejjarated from it by a fossa. Above these lies the 

 longitudinal erest ealled the " supratragus" by Mivart, 

 the '^ plica principalis" by Boas, the '' antihelix" by otber 

 writers ; the lobaie thiekeniiig of this is not well developed. 



Finally, the j)osterior mai'ginal poueh or bursa, well known 

 in CanicUe and Felidic and deseribed l)y Mivart in Genetta^ 

 is present, but its anterior edge is oidy lightly eoueavc and 

 its posterior edge is continuous above with the posterior 

 margin of the pinna, and does not arise behind it. 



When the ear is contraeted to exelude water, the meatus 

 is closed by the "dovetailing" of the ridges in front and 

 behind it, the antitragus fitting into the fossa l)etween the 

 tragus and the lower or proximal ridge of the helix, and 

 the latter into the fossa between the outer and inner moieties 

 of the double antitragus. 



Mammce. — There are two pairs of abdominal mamma;, as 

 in Puradoxwus, one pair set forwards a little behind the 

 ])osition of the diaphragm and the other towards the inguinal 

 region on a level with the anterior junction of the integu- 

 ment of the thigh with that of the body. 



As regards the number of young, the only available 

 information, so far as I am aware, is that supplied by Cantor, 

 who had two with the mother. Since there are also two 

 with the female collected by Everett, it is safe to assume 

 that that is the average number in the litter, though the 

 teats afford provision for four. 



Feet (PI. XIV. figs. 4, 5). — Descriptions of the feet of 

 Cijnoijale attest the belief that the digits, in conformity with 

 the aquatic life of the animal, are provided with swimming- 

 webs, while those of its Paradoxurine allies are unwelibcd. 

 The growth of this belief is a curious instance of the result 

 of copying and rcj)cating extant descriptions, with the addi- 

 tion thereto of obvious inferences, without a check being 

 put upon the statements by reference to actual specimens. 



Although in his original description of Cynoijuk (P. Z. S. 

 1830, p. 88) Ciray said nothing about the feet, he subse- 



