Fxteriml C/ianic(ers of Cy\\o<^u\ii htMiiiottil. .'^">7 



moro \V(l)l)i'{l tliaii ill related <;cii('ra. Hut if Ci/nof/ale were 

 known only from its feet, the iiin|)liil)iou8 habits of the genus 

 could not he safely inferred from their structure. 



Tiic oft-repeated stateuieut that the dij,'jts are short is 

 not true, if hy that is meant that they are shortiT than in 

 allied forms. The |)ollex and the hallux are relatively lonj;er, 

 and the remaiuiufij dij^its are certainly nc^t shorter, than ia 

 other jjeuera of this ^roup. 



As reijards the nakedness of the soles of tlie feet, there is 

 little, if auythiuj;, to choose between those of Ci/nitf/a/e and of 

 PoffU'tia or Partidnxunis. IJroadly spcakiu'^, the feet are 

 essentially Paradoxurine, as op|)oseil to Viverrinc, in the 

 matter of ludcedncss — that is to say, iu the hind foot the 

 Ijeel (tarsus) only is hairy, the whole of the underside of the 

 metatarsus and the area surround iu<:j the plantar j)a(ls being 

 naked. Similarly, iu the fore foot the nuked area of the 

 carpal jjads is as wide and nearly as long as the plantar pad, 

 and there is no hair anywhere between tiie edges of the webs 

 and the posterior border of tin; carpal pads. In both fore 

 and hind feet the lobes of the |)lantar pads are well developed 

 and well defined by grooves from each other, the pollical and 

 hallucal loi)es being large. On tlie fore foot the external or 

 ulnar carpal pad forms a large prominent upstanding ridge. 

 The inner or radial element lying behind the pollical lobe 

 of the plantar pad is, on the contrary, scarcely deteeta))Ie. 

 On the hind icct there are only very indistinct and broken 

 ridges lying on each side of the metatarsus behind the 

 plantar pad. On both fore and hind f c et the pads themselves, 

 as well as the adjacent naked integument, are, comparatively 

 speaking, smooth. 



The claws are not nearly so strongly curved as in the 

 typically arboreal Paradoxurines, are iuiperfectly retractile, 

 and are unguarded by skin-lobes or hairs at the base. 



As in mo?t Carnivora, the fore foot is broader than the 

 hind foot. 



The sceiit-yland (PI. XIV. figs. G, 7, 8). — With regard to 

 this organ, Mivart wrote iu 1882 : — '' I can find no record 

 as to the existence of any pre^crotal gland or as to the con- 

 dition of its anal region." I am not aware that the gland 

 has been dcscriijcd, but it is unmistakably present in the 

 adult female example above mentioned. 



The region of the anus and the vulva is covered by a 

 continuous area of naked skin, irregularly piriform in outline. 

 The vulva is at its anterior and the arms at its posterior end. 

 The former orilice is considerably closer to the latter than 



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