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internal portion of the superior lateral gyrus, which is behind 
the cranial sulcus, by any continuation forwards of the cal- 
loso-marginal sulcus to join the crucial sulcus. 
(29) Angle of mandible not greatly flattened beneath, and coronoid 
process high and inclined backwards. 
(30) Proportional length of limbs considerable. 
(31) Muzzle short compared with cranial length. 
(32) Dentition extremely sectorial. 
(33) Tail long, moderate, or extremely short. 
(34) Clitoris never traversed by urogenital canal. 
(35) Dorsal vertebree thirteen. 
(36) Postorbital processes more or less strongly developed, some- 
times enclosing orbits by a bony circle. 
(37) Paroccipital processes not depending, or else only slightly 
projecting, as a rough tubercle beyond the bulla. 
(38) Mastoid rather prominent. 
(39) No carotid foramen perforates or notches the sphenoid. 
(40) Nose and upper lip medianly grooved. 
(41) Palate very little or but moderately produced beyond last 
molars. 
(42) Pterygoid fossa very small. 
(43) Size of species generally moderate, never very small, some- 
times very large—the largest of the Mluroidea. 
Of the genera of existing Felide, Cynelurus is distinguished from 
Felis by its imperfectly retractile claws and the rudimentary con- 
dition of the internal cusp of P.4 The characters of the Viverride 
and Hyenide will be given after a brief review of the genera com- 
posing those two families. 
The typical genus Viverra seems to include four species—(1) V. 
civetta (from Fernando Po, Sierra Leone, and Abyssinia), (2) V. 
zibetha (from India, China, and Penang), V7. tangalunga (from 
Malacca, Borneo, Sumatra, Luzon, and the Negros and Philippine 
Islands), and V. megaspila (from Malacca, Saigon, and Lower 
Cochin China). 
The anatomy of this anciently-known genus has been described * 
by Perrault in a paper entitled ‘Description anatomique de deux 
Civettes,”’ in the ‘Memoirs’ of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, 
vol. iii. (1611-1699), with two plates reproduced in a work published 
by Fierre Mortier, of Amsterdam, in 1736, and entitled ‘ Mémoires 
pour servir 4 histoire naturelle des Animaux et des Plantes.’ 
Therein is given a tolerable figure of the external form of the Civet, 
and representations of the scent-pouch and glands of both sexes, 
1 See also Castellus, ‘Hyena odorifera, vulgo Civetta, Messonx, 1638; Bar- 
tholin, “ Anatome Civettz s. Hyene odorifere,’ in Hist. Anat. Cent. iv. 1657, 
Pp. 199-213; Méry (Jean), “Observations sur les canaux lactiféres de la 
ivette,” in Mém. Acad. Sc. de Paris, 1666-1699 ; Morand, “ Nouvelles obser- 
vations sur le sac et le parfum de la Civette” (with a plate), Mém. Acad. Se. 
de Paris, 1728; and De la Peyronie, “ Description d’un animal connu sous le 
nom de Muse (Viverra),” with four plates, Mém. Acad. Se. de Paris, 1731, 
pp. 443-464. 
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