EXTERNAL, CHARACTEKS OF THE MUSTELID.E. 



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able to satisfy myself that there is any fundamental difference 

 between the feet of the two, unless it be that in Grison the 

 plantai- pads ai'e defined from the carpal and metatai'sal pads by 

 a deeper and wider groove. In Tayra these pads ai'e confluent 

 throughout their width, there is only a very slight ti-ace of 

 division between the two moieties of the carpal pad and none in 



Text-fia-ure 31. 



A. Riglit liind foot of Tayra harhara. 



B. Riglit fore foot of the same. 



C. Right hind foot of Charronia flavigula. 



D. Right fove foot of the same. 



