1865.] DR. J, E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELID. 103 
20. Taxrpea. Tubercular grinder large, triangular, oblong; inner 
side broad. Flesh-tooth large, trigonal, with a broad inner 
lobe with two tubercles. Nose short, broad. 
21. Mypaus. Tubercular grinder oblong, nearly square ; flesh- 
tooth moderate, trigonal, outer edge compressed, inner with 
two unequal tubercles on a ridge. Nose of skull produced. 
Tribe 5. Meturivorina. Tubercular grinder transverse, band-like ; 
palate only slightly produced behind; flesh-tooth with’a small 
inner lobe and a single tubercle. Fur black below. 
22. Mexuivora. Skull short, broad. 
Tribe 6. Mepurrma. Tubercular grinder oblong, four-sided. 
Palate scarcely produced behind; hinder opening in a line with 
the hinder grinders. Skull short. Nose broad. Fur black, 
white-striped. 
23. Conepatus. Sole of hind feet only divided across. Tail 
short, bushy. False grinders 3. 
24, Meruiris. Sole of hind feet with three pads in front. Tail 
elongate, flaccid. False grinders 4. 
25. Sprrocare. Sole of hind feet with four pads in front. Tail 
short, bushy, flaccid. False grinders 4. 
B. Subdigitigrade. Hind feet rather narrow ; soles hairy, with a 
narrow, elongate, triangular, bald space in front ; toes unequal; 
claws elongate, slender. Tubercular grinder transverse. 
Tribe 7. Zoritu1na. Flesh-tooth elongate, with a small anterior 
inner lobe with a single tubercle. 
26. Zoritua. Tail elongate, with flaccid hair. 
Tribe 8. Hexictiprna. Flesh-tooth triangular, having a broad 
internal lobe with two conical tubercles. 
27. Heuictis. False grinders 3/4. Tail elongate, subcylindrical. 
Section I. AcanrHoropa, Feet rounded; toes short, curved, 
more or less united by a web, the last joint bent up; the claws 
short, compressed, acute, retractile. 
Tribe 1. Musretina. Head oblong. Toesslightly webbed. Tail 
cylindrical. Habits terrestrial or arboreal. 
Mustelina, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825; List Mamm. B. M.; Nilsson, 
Scand. Fauna, 138. 
+Martine, Burmeister, Baird, N. A. M. 148. 
