978 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRIDE. [Nov. 8, 
united, with scattered hairs above; thumb very short; great toe 
short and high up. Claws acute, semiretractile. Fur thick, formed 
of silky hairs, with a short close under fur. Tail elongate, cylin- 
drical, rather tapering, covered with hair. Cutting teeth 6/6; ca- 
nines small, compressed ; false grinders 3, very small, compressed, far 
apart, the hinder with a small central internal lobe ; the flesh-tooth 
triangular, about as long as wide, the inner lobe central; tubercular 
grinder trigonal, somewhat like the flesh-tooth (see De Blainv. 
Ostéogr. Viverra, t. 8. f. 1-4, from a young animal). 
According to M. de Blainville’s figure of the skull, this genus 
(which I have never been able to examine) is properly referred to the 
Viverride. 
M. Doyére referred it to the Insectivora (see Ann. Sci. Nat. iv. 
278); but, to make this alliance, he considers the front double- 
rooted tooth in the lower jaw a canine. 
M. de Blainville, in his essay on “ Mamm. Insectivores,’’ in 
‘Annales Fr. et Etrang. d’Anat. et de Physiol.’ ii. p. 1, justly ob- 
serves, “the Hupleres, which has been referred to the Insectivora, 
on examination has proved to be allied to Mangusta, or to the sec- 
tion Genetta of the Viverride”’ (J. ¢. 37). 
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EUPLERES GOUDOTII. 
Fur very dark brown; under fur fulvous, with black transverse 
streaks over the shoulder; throat and beneath whitish. 
Eupleres goudotii, Doyére, Aun. Sci. Nat. 1835, iv. 281, t. 18 (ani- 
mal and skull) ; De Blainv. Ostéogr. Viverra, t. 8 (skull) ; Gerrard, 
Cat. Ost. B. M. 71; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. 259. 
Falanoue, Harcourt, Madagascar. 
Length 12 inches, of tail 5 inches. 
Hab. Madagascar, at Tamatave, in burrows (called ‘‘ Falanove”’) 
(Goudot) (Mus. Paris). 
36. SURICATA. 
Suricata, Desm. N. Dict. H. N. xxiv. 16, 1804. 
Ryzena, Ulliger, Prodr. Mamm. 1812. 
Head spherical. Nose elongate, produced ; underside hairy, con- 
vex, without any central groove; muffle callous ; nostril long, open- 
ing on the sides. Ears rounded, nakedish internally. Body elon- 
gate ; hair soft, annulated. Legs moderate. Toes 4—4; hind soles 
hairy. Claws long; front very long, slender, compressed, arched ; 
anal glands two. Tail tapering, slender, covered with short hair, and 
rather pencilled at the tip. Teeth 36; false grinders 2/3, 2/3; 
flesh-teeth 1/1, 1/1; tubercular grinders 2/1, 2/1. 
SuURICATA ZENICK. B.M. 
Grey ; orbit and tip of the tail black ; hinder part of the back 
with dark cross bands; chin, throat, and vent whitish ; tail rather 
redder, underside lighter, under fur reddish. 
