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margin of the meatus auditorius externus. The muzzle is short ; but 
the palate is much prolonged behind the last molars. 
Its dentition, compared with that of Herpestes, presents the fol- 
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lowing characters :—“~" is more quadrate and more nearly equal 
in size to Mt, Mis very quadrate. Eee ae very slightly sectorial, 
with a large internal tubercle, and resembles the same tooth in the 
least sectorial Paradoxures. P:-3 is very large, and has a well- 
developed internal tubercle, with a small cusp behind the large 
external one, and another small one in front of it, larger, however, 
than the hindmost outer cusp. P.? hasa rudimentary internal cusp, 
and both a minute anterior and a minute posterior external cusp. 
F:1 is very small. Besides these four upper premolars and the 
molars, there is also a small tooth, with a minute basal cusp, 
placed close behind each upper canine; yet the skull is that of a 
rather aged individual. 1 regard this extra tooth as something 
abnormal. 
a3 1S much larger and more quadrate than in Herpestes. 4 18 
also more quadrate than in Herpestes, and has apparently been 
quadricuspidate, but is much worn. == Sa and Rare much 
as in Herpestes. Unfortunately I have no means of ascertaining the 
condition of the anal region. From an examination of the dry skin, 
the anus appears to me to open into a depression, as in some Her- 
peste. Except as above indicated, the characters of Rhinogale are 
those of Herpesies. 
Length of the head and body about 53!'"1, of the tail 38!"1. 
The genus Crossarchus' was founded by F. Cuvier in 1825 for 
the Mangue, of which he has givena figure (Mammiféres, iii.). It 
is referred to in Temminck’s ‘ Esquisses,’ p. 117. Its anatomy was 
described by Mr. W. Martin (P. Z. 8. 1834, p. 113). The genus is 
widely spread over Africa :—one species, C. obscurus, from Abyssinia 
to Gambia and the Camerocns, and another, C. fasciatus, from 
Southern Africa; a third, C. gambianus, from Gambia; and a 
fourth, C. zebra, from Abyssinia. All have the hair annulated, the 
ears small and rounded, the tarsus bald; and they are devoid of a 
median groove beneath the muzzle. The snout is elongated, hairy 
beneath, and more or less turned upwards towards the tip. They 
also have a pollex and hallux ; but these are shorter in C. fasciatus 
than in C. obscurus. The claws are much elongated. 
In C. fasciatus there are transverse bands or lines, more or less 
marked, across the back; these are absent in C. obscurus. The 
pupil is round. The length of the head and body is 36'°8, of the 
tail 17’""1, in C. obseurus ; and 45''8 and 22'9 in C. fasciatus. 
The skull of the typical form, C. obscurus, has a bulla on the 
type of Herpestes, but with its character exaggerated. There is 
an alisphenoid canal, but very short, and often imperfectly ossified ; 
but bony processes tending to enclose it may always be detected. 
! This genus includes the genus Mungos, Gray, P.Z. 8. 1864, p. 575, and Cat. 
of Carnivora, p. 174. 
