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as follows :— G. vulgaris (from the south of France, Spain, North 

 Africa, and AVestern Asia at Mount Carmel), Q. felina (from 

 South Africa, including the Cape), G. senegalensis (from Africa, 

 East, West, and North), G. tigrina (from South Africa, Abyssinia, 

 and Whydah), and G. pardina (from West Africa and Fernando 



Thus the genus is essentially African, sending one species on to 



Fig. 3. 



Pads of Geneiia tigrina. 

 A. Palmar surface of left manus ; B. Plantar surface of left pes. 



Europe and Western Asia ; while Viverra is mainly Asiatic, but 

 has one species exclusively African. In Viverricula and Genetta 

 vulgaris we have the only species common to Asia and Africa. 



The two groups the Civets and Genets certainly merit to rank 

 as distinct genera ; for, in addition to uniformly smaller size and the 

 distinction of geographical range of the Istter, they have certain 

 distinctive cranial, dental, and external characters. Thus, instead 



