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we find the tongue of the former to be relatively longer, more slender, 

 and more pointed anteriorly. The frisenum is attached for nearly two 

 thirds the tongue's length instead of only for about half. The lytta 

 is about as much developed, relatively, as in the Cat. H\\& fungiform 

 papiUce are scattered pretty equally over the greater part of the 

 dorsum of the tongue, but are absent from a narrow elongated tract in 

 the middle of its dorsum. There are only three cireumvallate papillae, 

 one in the middle, and one on each side of it, a very little in advance, 

 so that they form together an extremely obtuse angle open forwards. 



Fig. 3. 



A. Tongue of the Civet: c, conical papillae; f, fungiform papillse ; c.v, cireum- 



vallate papilla. 



B. Tongue of the Genet : /, free fold of mucous membrane. 



Each cireumvallate papilla is large, with from 9 to 12 small 

 papillae on its surface. The conical papillce are not horny ', but are 

 simply short conical processes scattered over the dorsum of the 

 tongue, being longest on its middle towards the apex and also at its 

 sides. There is no conspicuous patch of specially modified papillse 

 towards the anterior part of the dorsum. The flattened papillce are 

 very small, close-set, and inconspicuous compared with those of 

 Felis ; they are scarcely larger than the conical papillse. 



^ They are said by Daubenton (Buffon, Hist. Nat. tome ix. pp. 322 & 337) 

 to be much more conspicuous in the Zibet than in the Oivet. 



