1864. ] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRIDZ. 577 
Hab. Adail coast (Heuglin). 
I do not see how this differs from H. fasciatus ; but Herr Heuglin 
has them both in bis list. 
Tribe 13. CRossaRCHINA. 
Nose elongate ; teeth 36; tubercular grinders 2/1. 
34. CROSSARCHUS. 
Crossarchus, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lithog. iii. 47, 1825. 
Head roundish. Nose elongate, much produced; the underside 
convex, hairy, without any central longitudinal groove ; hair rigid, 
short, shorter on the head and throat; muffle large, callous. Pupil 
round. Ears rounded. Body slender. Fur harsh, with longer and 
more rigid hairs. Tail slightly compressed, tapering, covered with 
shorter hair. Toes 5—5, free; two middle toes longest ; front inner 
toe large, hinder smaller. Soles naked. Claws rather elongated, 
compressed, hooked, acute, sometimes very much so. Teeth 36; 
false grinders 2/3, 2/3; flesh-teeth 1/1, 1/1; tubercular grinders 
2/1, 2/1. 
CROSSARCHUS OBSCURUS. B.M. 
Uniform deep brown ; head rather paler ; hairs brown, with yel- 
low tips. 
Length of body and head 12 inches, of tail 7 inches. 
Crossarchus obscurus, Cuv. R. A. i. 158; Martin, P. Z.S. 1834, 
p- 114 (anat.); Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 166; Schinz, Syn. Mamm.i.379; 
Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B. M. 77; Temm. Esq. Zool. 117; De Blainv. 
Ostéogr. 49, 99, t. 12. 
C. typicus, A. Smith, 8. African Quart. Journ. ii. 135. 
« C. dubius, F. Cuv.,”? A. Smith. 
La Mangue, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. ii. pl. 199. 
Hab. Western Africa— Guinea (called ‘ Aevisa’’), living in deep 
holes with many openings (Temm.). Eastern Africa? 
Crossarchus rubiginosus, Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. il. 329. Bay 
brown; feet and tip of the tail black. Length 16} inches, of tail 
12 inches. 
Hab. East Indies (Wagner). 
35. EuPLERES. 
Eupleres, Doyére, Ann. Sci. Nat. 1835, iv. 281; De Blainv. 
Ostéogr. Viverra, t. 8. 
Skull ventricose, very much produced, slender, compressed ; lower 
jaw compressed and produced in front. Nose elongate, slender, 
acute, proboscidiform ; underside ?, with a small muffle. Eyes 
large. lars large and triangular. Body vermiform. Legs mode- 
rate. Tarsi elongate, hairy beneath; a very slender bald streak to 
the heel, like Genetta, but not so distinct. Toes 5—5, apparently 
Proc. Zoou. Soc.—1864, No. XXXVII. 
