1882.] PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ^LUROIDEA. 



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The following tabular arrangement may be convenient for refe- 

 rence : — 



jEluroidea: 

 with 



10 — -; uoalisplienoid 



canal ; bulla not ex- 

 ternally constricted, 

 but internally di- 

 vided ; metatarsus 

 entirely hairy ; and 

 13 dorsal vertebrie. 



,'Olaws completely 1 

 retractile ; inner I 

 cusp of upper sec- | 

 torial moderate. J 



Felis. 



-FELID.^. ■ 



Claws incompletely '\ 

 retractile ; inner | 

 cusp of upper )■ 

 sectorial rudi- | 

 mentary. ) 



rus. 



^ P~2 ' S6^6''*lb' 811 alisphenoid canal ; bulla 



externally constricted, and internally divided ; r ViVJiRELD^. 

 metatarsus hairy or naked ; and 13 or 14 dor- | 



sal vertebrae. 



a =-g ; no alisphenoid canal ; bulla divided and 1 



P. 2 



V Try ipiCTTT) 35" 



constricted, or not so ; metatarsus hairy ; 15 I ■^■^-^■^^■'-^-^• 

 dorsal vertebrae. 



Viverrid^s : 

 with 



/ almost always an alisphenoid canal and supracon- ^ 

 dyloid foramen ; claws strongly curved and 

 more or less retractile ; bulla not posteriorly 

 everted ; large canines ; generally j^rescrotal 

 glands, and anus not opening into a sac. J 



No alisphenoid canal or supracondyloid foramen ; " 

 claws moderately curved, not retractile ; bulla 

 posteriorly everted ; large canines ; no pre- 

 ecrotal glands ; anus not opening into a sac. 



y VlVERRIX'^. 



Galibictin^. 



no alisphenoid canal; a supracondyloid foramen ; 

 claws elongated, not retractile ; bulla hardly 

 everted posteriorly ; very small canines ; no 

 prescrotal glands ; anus ? 



• EUPLEKIN^. 



an alisphenoid canal ; a large supracondyloid '\ 

 foramen ; claws ver5' curved and retractile ; i 

 buUa not distinctly everted ; large canines ; no ^ Oryptopeoctin.e. 

 prescrotal glands ; anus opening into a 

 sac. ^ 



an alisphenoid canal ; a supracondyloid foramen ; " 

 claws elongated, not retractile ; buUa dis- tt 

 tinctly everted ; large canines ; no prescrotal '' -f-ERPESTiNiE. 

 gland^s ; anus opening into a sac. 



VlVERRIN^. 



A. Upper lip medianly grooved, tail long. 

 I. Tarsus and metatarsus entirely hairy ; 



ears 



never tufted. 



11.2 



M. 2 



present Viverra. 



—^ absent Prionodon. 



