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MR. R. I. POCOCK ON EXTERNAL 



The claws are sharp, strongly curved, and retractile, but are 

 unguarded by lobes of skin. 



In the nakedness of the heel, Jrctictis, as has been noticed by 

 Mivart and others, dift'ers from all other genera of Paradoxurines. 



Text-figure 2, 



Arctictis hinturong. 



A. Left fore foot, digits partiallj^ stretched. 



B. Left liind foot, digits not stretched. 



This may be an adaptation to a more thoroughly arboreal life — 

 a conclusion supported by the prehensile power of the tail * ; but 

 I cannot find any record of the proximal fusion of the pads of the 

 third and fourth digits. This character is very suggestive of 

 affinity between Arctictis and Faradoxurus. 



The Feet 0/ Arctogalidia. 



The feet of an example from Sarawak resemble in a general 

 way those of Paradoxi(,rus, but diflfer in one or two interesting- 

 particulars, especially in being longer, narrower, and less fully 

 webbed. In the fore paw the digital and plantar pads are well 



* About half an inch of the end of the tail was naked and formed a conical point 

 to that organ calculated to enhance its grasping capacity. 



