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The tongue is much like that of the Civet, and with no patch of 

 greatly enlarged papillae on its anterior half. 



The characters before given of Fiverra apply also to Nandinia 

 except nos. 3, 7, 14, 24, 28, 35, 37. 38,40,42. 43, 45 (sometimes). 

 46. and 54. 



With Nandinia closes the second set of forms of the subfamily 

 Viveri-ina ; and the characters of these two sets may be expressed as 

 follows : — 



In the Viverrine section of the Viverrince we find : — 



(1) Auditory bulla entirely ankylosed into one mass. 



(2) Bulla not always, or greatly, narrowing anteriorly. 



(3) Palate never much prolonged beyond hindmost molars. 



(4) Mastoid never very prominent. 



(5) A caecum constantly present. 



(6) Teeth always sectorial, never very small ; anterior premolars 



not very long. 



(7) Margins of palate not nearly parallel. 



(8) A supracondyloid foramen to the humerus. 



(9) A median groove beneath the nose on the upper lip. 



(10) Tarsus and metatarsus often entirely hairy, never entirely 



naked. 



(11) Tail long. 



In the Paradoxurine section we meet with the following cha- 

 arcters : — 



(1) Auditory bulla often in two pieces ; hinder chamber in one 



species not ossified. 



(2) Bulla, when ossified, always greatly narrowing anteriorly. 



(3) Palate sometimes much prolonged beyond last molars. 



(4) Mastoid in one form very prominent. 



(5) Caecum sometimes absent. 



(6) Teeth sometimes but little sectorial and occasionally very 



small ; anterior premolars not very long, 



(7) Margins of palate not nearly parallel. 



(8) A supracondyloid foramen "to humerus. 



(9) A median groove beneath the nose, on the upper lip. 



(iO) Tarsus and metatarsus often entirely naked, never entirely 



hairy. 

 (11) Tail long. 



The genus Cynogale was founded by Gray* on a skin in the col- 

 lection of our Society, supposed to have formed part of the collec- 

 tion of Sir Stamford Rafl9es, and therefore to have come from 

 Sumatra. It was described and figured in 1837 by De Blainville, 

 under the name Fiverra carcharias, who gives some anatomical 

 details (Ann, Sc. Nat. 2" ser. vii. p. 280. pi. 8) ; and in 1839 by S. 

 Muller (Zoog. Ind. Archip. p. 115, pi. 17, showing the external 

 form, skull, and dentition), under the name Potamophilus barbatus ; 

 and in 1841 by MM. Eydoux and Souleyet (in 'Voyage de la 



1 P. Z. S. 1836, p. 88. 



