120 DR. J. E, GRAY ON THE MUSTELID&. (Jan. 24, 
yellow on the belly much narrower. The soles of the hind feet bald ; 
the pads exposed, distinct, developed. 
4.. GYMNOPUS AFRICANUS. 
Reddish brown ; beneath pale yellow, with a narrow central longi- 
tudinal reddish-brown ventral streak; tail reddish brown; hairs 
long. 5 
Mustela africana, Desm. N. Dict. H. N. xix. 376; Desm. 
Mamm. 179. 
Putorius africanus, A. Smith, South Afr. Journ. ii. 36. 
Mustela (Gale) africana, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. 345. 
The specimen of M. africana in the Paris Museum is like M. er- 
minea, but lighter, larger, and the belly with only a broad yellow 
streak on each side, leaving the middle brown; tail uniform reddish 
brown, like the back, to the end. 
G. leucocephalus. G. kathiah. 
ms 
ecooococors 
Kength ofiskulll 5 .eseraos.to- cect 2 
Palette Hee. sat) gs sade 1 
FOOTMSHNOH she cen ites kere 0 
zygoma and orbit ..... 1 
Wadthiover Gans cc.2.2.+.tce0 seers « 1 
0 
1 
nl 
— in front of orbit ......... .. 
Length of lower jaw ............... 
Bao Oe oF 
B. Subplantigrade. Soles and between the pads hairy ; body stout; 
tail short, bushy; anal glands none; false grinders 3/4. 
Gulonina. 
6. GuLo. 
Gulo, Gesner, Quad. 554 ; Store; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. xxi. 
68; Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, 138. 
Body and tail bear-like. Soles densely hairy, with 6 small naked 
pads. Tail about as long as head, very full and bushy. Teeth 38; 
: 3—3 
false grinders —. 
GULO BOREALIS. 
Brown, with a blackish dorsal disk. 
Mustela gulo, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 67; Gunnerus, Act. Nidros. 
hisst spelt 
Ursus gulo, Cuv. Tab. Elém, 112; Schreb. Siiugeth. 525, t. 144, 
144 *, 
U. luscus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 71. 
Gulo luscus, Baird, Mamm. N. A. 181. 
G. borealis, Retz. Fauna, 25; Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, 139; Illum. 
Fig. xiil. t. 31. 
G. vulgaris, Gray. 
G. wolverene, Gray. 
