1864.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRIDE. 521 
upper false grinders compressed ; the flesh-tooth considerably longer 
than broad in front, with a roundish inner lobe on the front edge, 
separated from the other lobe by a notch; the tubercular grinders 
transverse, triangular, broad, with a small lobe in the middle of the 
hinder edge. There is no second tubercular grinder in the upper 
jaw. Length of skull 2" 9!", of nose 9"; width of brain-case 11!", 
of zygomatic arch 1" 5!". 
Poiana richardsoni. 
B. Aberrant Cat-footed Viverride. Subplantigrade. The underside 
of the toes and more or less of the back of the tarsus near the 
foot bald and callous. The flesh-tooth is massive and strong ; 
the tubercular grinder large, broad. 
1. Nose produced, convex, and hairy beneath, without any central 
longitudinal groove. The orbit of the skull only slightly defined 
above. 
Tribe 4. CyNOGALINA. 
The toes short, covered with dense hairs, slightly webbed at the base; 
the claws short, compressed, retractile ; the soles of the hind 
feet broad, bald for about two-thirds of their length ; the heel 
hairy. The nose rather produced, with a bald muzzle, conver, 
and hairy beneath, without any central groove. The frenum 
covered with hair. The fur very dense, close, erect, soft, and 
elastic. Tail short, cylindrical. 
