502 PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ZLUROIDEA. [June 6, 
The papillee generally, other than those of the dorsal patch, are 
relatively small, and the fungiform papille are but little conspi- 
cuous. Even those of the patch are relatively smaller than in the 
previously noticed genera. The lytta is small. There are only two 
circumvallate papille, and they are very small. 
In Proteles the tongue is very exceptional indeed. It is spatulate 
in form, and the dorsal patch attains here its maximum of distinct- 
ness. The patch extends quite to the apex and side of the anterior 
third of the dorsum of the tongue. Each papilla of the patch is an 
enlarged hemispherical prominence. The fungiform papille are 
only conspicuous at the sides of the tongue and in front of the cir- 
cumvallate papilla, of which there are but two, each of which is 
situated in a very deep depression. The flattened papille are very 
inconspicuous. 
The Palate, Nose, and Lips. 
In all £luroids the membrane covering the hard palateis raisedinto 
a greater or less number of transverse curved ridges, the number of 
which may vary somewhat with the length of the muzzle, though 
there are eight of them in both the Cat and the Genet. But while 
in the Cat the ridges form a series of very open curves (convex 
forwards), in the Genet the curves are much sharper. Moreover, 
while in the Cat each ridge is entire, in the Genet the four hinder 
ridges are more and more interrupted medianly, and each of these 
ridges, as it proceeds towards the middle line of the palate, bifur- 
cates nearer and nearer to its origin, 7. e. to the outer margin of the 
palate. By this system of bifurcations there tend to be produced 
eight incomplete and four complete transverse ridges, instead of, as 
in the Cat, eight complete ones. 
The nose in the A#luroids is almost always medianly and ver- 
tically grooved ; but this groove may be absent, as in Rhinogale, 
Crossarchus, and Suricata. 
Similarly the upper lip is more or less vertically cleft or deeply 
grooved medianly. This groove, however, is absent in Cynogale, 
Rhinogale, Crossarchus, and Suricata. 
Teeth. 
The Felide have the smallest number of teeth except the dentally 
degraded form Proteles, which has but three molars above and two 
below on either side. 
All Hluroids have I. 3, C. ;- 
The premolars and molars may be 
Pm. 1+2+3+4 yy, 142 } Viverra, Genetta, Arctogale, 
"1424844 ~" 142 Cynogale, &c. 
1424344 1 : 
Pm. Toes? M. 73 | Prionodon. 
Pm, 1+2+3+4 M. : } Some Paradoxuri. 
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