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Sungiform papille are moderately conspicuous. Conical papillee of 
intermediate size are placed at the sides of the hinder half of the 
tongue. 
In Crossarchus' we have similar characters carried to a more 
exaggerated degree, the conical papille of the dorsal patch being 
larger and the fungiform papille being more conspicuous. The 
Tongue of Proteles. 
e, conical papille ; f, fungiform papille; /’, points towards the much enlarged 
papille ; ¢.v, one of the two depressions in which lie the two circumyallate 
papille. 
three circumvallate papille form an angle of about 105°. The 
flattened papillze are very little conspicuous. Gralidia has a tongue 
like that of Orossarchus, except that the papillee of the dorsal patch 
are still more enlarged. 
Hyena has for the most part a tongue like that of Cynictis and 
Galidia magnified ; but the flattened papille are much larger 
relatively as well as absolutely, and are much more conspicuous. 
1 Cuvier says (Lecons d’Anat. Comp. 2nd edit. vol. iv. 1° partie, p. 553) that 
he did not find a lytta in the Mangoustes, 
