1868. J DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE CANID^. 523 



C. (Nyctereutes) viverrinus, Temm. Fauna Japon. t. 8 ; Schrenck, 

 Reisen, figs. 2-6. 



Nyctereutes procyonoides. Gray, List of Mamm. B. M. 62 ; 

 Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 89. 



Hab. China? i&^&n {Reeve) ; Amoorland. 



II. Aberrant Canidae, or Viverrine Dogs. Upper sectorial grinder 

 short, triangular, as wide as long ; tubercidar grinders j^. 

 Tail short, straight, bushy, not reaching to the heels. 



Subfam. 4. Megalotina. 



Teeth 46 : molars |^ ; premolars ^. Sectorial grinders ^j, 

 small ; upper triangular, with a broad internal lobe ; lower com- 

 pressed. Tubercular molars |^ ; upper oblong transverse ; lower 

 four- sided, front lower largest, last lower least, the rest subequal. 



Skull elongate ; nose slender, elongate. Temporal muscles sepa- 

 rated by a broad flat crown to the occiput, which is formed with a 

 raised edge. The three first upper grinders are compressed ; the 

 front one in the middle of a wide space, very small ; the hinder pre- 

 molar triangular, about as long as broad, and the three following 

 oblong transverse, the two front subequal, and the hinder smaller ; 

 the lower premolars compressed ; the flesh-tooth small, with a fine 

 tubercle ; these teeth become worn down with a flat crown. 



16. Megalotis. 



Forehead and crown flat, broad, with a raised margin, and sepa- 

 rating the temporal muscles to the occiput. Skull elongate ; face 

 very long, tapering. Teeth 48. Grinders g^. Premolars |^. Sec- 

 torial i^, small ; upper triangular, with a broad internal lobe ; 

 lower compressed. Tubercular molars ^^ ; front lower largest, last 

 lower least, the rest subequal. 



Megalotis, Blainv. Ann. Frang. et Etrang. d'Auat. i. t. 8. f. 1, 

 \ a, h (skull and teeth), 

 Agrodius, H. Smith, 1839. 

 Otocyon, Licht. 



Megalotis lalandii. B.M. 



Canis megalotis, Desm. Mamm. Suppl. 538 ; Blainv. Osteog. t. 1 

 (skeleton), t. 4 (skull). 



C. lalandii, Desm. Diet. Class. d'H. N. iv. 18, t. 



Megalotis lalandii. Gray, Grifi'. An. Kingd. t. 54. 



Otocyon caffer, Licht. 



O. lalandii, Gerrard, Cat. of B. of Mamm. 90. 



The Fennec of Delalande, Griffith, A. K. ii. p. 3/2, t. 54 (from 

 Mus. Paris.). 



Hab. South Africa ; Cape of Good Hope (Lalande). 



