1865.] DR. J, E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELID, 151 
longest ; claws elongate, compressed, acute. Hind foot digitigrade ; 
sole flat and bald in front, with four unequal, large, convex pads, the 
hinder part compressed and covered with hair; toes unequal, the two 
middle longest and unequal; claws acute, short. Tail elongate, co- 
vered with long flaceid hair. Teeth 34; false grinders 3/3, 3/3; 
upper tubercular grinder short, oblong, transverse (Licht. Abh. 
Akad. Berl. 1836, t. 1. f. 3, skull). 
Zorilla, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. xx. 67. 
Ictonyx, Kaup ; Sundevall, Kong. Vet. Akad. Hand. 1841, p. 214 
1842). 
' Rhabdogale, Wagner, Wiegmann; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. 332. 
1. Zor1uwa stRIATA. The Zorille. 
Black ; spot on forehead and each temple and four stripes on the 
back (which are diluted on the sides, only leaving a broad black 
patch on middle of the back, and then curving to the base of the 
tail) white; tail black-and-white varied. 
Viverra zorilla, Thunb. Act. Petrop. iii. 306; Gmelin, 8. N. 
Mustela zorilla, Cuv. Tabl. Elém. 116 (1798). 
Viverra striata, Shaw, Zool. 
Mustela zorilla, Cuvier, R. A.; Fischer, Syn. Mamm.; Blainv. 
Ostéogr. Mustela, t. 13. f. (teeth). 
Zorilla capensis, Waterh. Cat. Zool. Soc.; Gerrard, Cat. Bones 
B. M. 95. 
Putorius zorilla, A. Smith, South-African Journ. i. 36. ‘ 
Mephitis africanus, Licht. Abh. Akad. Berl. 1836, p. 294. 
M. zorilla, Licht. Darstell. d. Saugeth. t. 48. f. 2 (not Abhand.). 
Zorilla leucomelas, F. Cuy. 
Rhabdogale mustelina, Wagner, Schreb. Suppl. ii. 219, t. 133 a; 
Peters, Mossamb.i.p. . 
Ictonyx capensis, Sundey. K. Veten. Acad. Hand. 1841, p. 214. 
? Mephitis libyca, Ehrenb. Sym. Phys. 
Zorilla striata, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 67. 
_ Mustela libyca, Blainv. Ostéogr. Mustela, t. 13. f. (teeth). 
Putois du Cap, ou Zorille, Buffon, H. N. xii. 
Muis-hond, Cape Colonists. 
Var. senegalensis. White streaks broader, leaving only very nar- 
row dark dorsal ones; tail whiter. B.M. 
Hab. Africa, Cape of Good Hope (Thuné.), Senegal. 
2. ZORILLA FRENATA. B.M. 
Brown ; fur elongate, very soft, fluffy; lips, chin, a broad hand 
encircling the face, two broad bands diverging from the crown and 
two narrower diverging from shoulders, and some spots on the hinder 
part of the back white; tail white-and-black varied. 
Mephitis (Ictonyx) frenata, Sundevall, Kong. Vet. Acad. Hand. 
1841, t.4. f.1. 
M. africana, var., Licht. 
Mustela zorilia, var., Riippell. 
