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developed, but smaller than that of the other digits. The plantar 

 pad is swollen, trilobed and asymmetrical, the external lateral 

 lobe being a little larger and extending higher up the foot than 

 the internal lateral lobe. The distal margin of the median lobe 



Text-fisure 8. 



A. Right fore foot of Suricata suricatta. X §• 



B. „ hind foot „ „ » 



C. „ fore iooi oi Cynictis fenicillata. „ 



D. „ hind foot „ „ ;j 



E. Left fore foot of Mungos gracilis. „ 



F. „ hind foot „ „ >, 



is broadly truncated, and extends obliquely backwards and out- 

 wards to the point where it meets the external lobe. There is a 

 small pollical lobe, but it is detached from and higher up than 

 the posterior extremity of the internal lateral lobe of the plantar 

 pad. The larger carpal pad occupies a similar position with 



