1882. ] AFRICAN MUNGOOSES. 91 
This species by its locality, and not C. zebra, no doubt represents 
the early-known “ Viverra mungo,” which was said to come from the 
“ East Indies.’ No cross-striped Mungooses, however, are known 
from India, and the original specimens must have been obtained 
from the Cape. All the specimens with exact localities that I have 
seen come from the eastern parts of the Colony, and none from the 
western ; so that we may suppose that its true range is very similar 
to that of Herpestes pulverulentus’. Probably, however, tame 
examples were sometimes brought down to Capetown, where they 
would be seen by the earlier travellers. Dr. Smith says of his 
Ichneumon tenionotus, “ Inhabits Natal: rare.” 
Molars of Crossarchus. 
P.M+. M2. _| Percentage.| 
mm. mn. | 
©. ObsGUTUS: 6 .ésciecscneseers sa 6:2 4:8 77 
b... 7-0 5-0 | 71 
on 65 5:0 Kiet 
C. gambianus .........+0005 Gas 6:0 48 60 
(0/5721 ah Rae aa eeencnCre ee eee CREM 6:9 46 66 | 
b.. 6:5 4:5 69 
C.. 68 5:0 73 
Hee 6:5 51 79 
Gest anelahys: es aesasncostens ss cs 87 52 59 
Bees 8:0 52 on 
VII. Suricata. 
Type. 
Suricata, Desm. Tabl. Méth. Mamm. in Nouv. 
Dict. d’H. N. (ed. 1) xxiv. (1804) ............ S. tetradactyla. 
Rhyzena, Illig. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. p. 134 
Range. That of the only species. 
Toes 4—4?. Teeth, I. 3, C. +, P.M.4, M. $x 2=38. Hind soles 
naked. Nose produced. No central naked line from muzzle to 
upper lip. Fore claws very long, twice as long as the hind. Skull 
very broad, the zygomata strongly diverging backwards. Facial 
outline convex. Posterior part of skull very high, not compressed 
as in Herpestes, but more as in Cynictis. Teeth very similar to 
1 See p. 74. 
2 In a skeleton and a specimen in spirit, I find the following rudiments of 
the 1st toes :—of the fore foot, in the spirit specimen, a rudimentary metacarpus, 
2 mm. in length; in the skeleton, no trace ofa hallux, but the above-mentioned 
rudiment might easily have been lost. Of the hind foot, in the spirit specimen, 
a hallucal metatarsal 2mm. long and 23 broad, and, in the skeleton, a similar 
rudimentary metatarsal and, in addition, a minute Ist phalanx (1} mm. long 
and 1 broad). 
S. tetradactyla. 
