1909.] OF THE CARNIVORE GALIDIA ELEGANS. 479 
The papille circumvallate, as shown in that drawing, are only 
two, right and left, as in Vandinia, the Genet, Hyena striata, 
Proteles*, three or even more (Arctictis) beg met with in other 
Viverride. There is nothing remarkable in the size or shape of 
these papille. 
Text-fig. 124. 
Tongue of Galidia elegans, dorsal view. 
On the right are eight of the strong anterior papille more highly magnified. 
The fungiform papille are scattered over the dorsum of the 
tongue between the papille circumvallate and the anterior patch 
of strong papille; they are chiefly massed in the actual middle 
line of the tongue, and there is no narrow middle line free from 
them as in the Civet. The arrangement of these papille seems, 
* Loe. cit. p. 500. J can confirm Dr. Mivart in the case of Hyena striata, where 
there are distinctly only two of these papille. 
