1882.] PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ZLUROIDEA. 499 
we find the tongue of the former to be relatively longer, more slender, 
and more pointed anteriorly. The freenum 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. The fungiform 
papille 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 ofits dorsum. There are only three circumvallate 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: ¢, conical papilla; f, fungiform papille ; ¢.v, circum- 
vallate papills. 
B. Tongue of the Genet: f, free fold of mucous membrane. 
Each circumvallate papilla is large, with from 9 to 12 small 
papille on its surface. The conical papille 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 papille 
towards the anterior part of the dorsum. The flattened papille are 
very small, close-set, and inconspicuous compared with those of 
Felis ; they are scarcely larger than the conical papille. 
1 They are said by Daubenton (Buffon, Hist. Nat. tome ix. pp. 322 & 337) 
to be much more conspicuous in the Zibet than in the Civet. 
