EXTERNAL CHARACTERS OF MONGOOSES. 



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ill-marked ^or absent in some of the common Indian species" 

 [of Mungos], it may be explained at once that Mivart evidently 



Text-figure 9. 



A. LongitudinaUsectionJof anal area of Atilax paludinosus, $ . -p., anal pouch: 



gl., cutaneous glands of poucli ; o., orifice of anal gland ; a., anus ; r., rectum ; 

 sc, scrotum with testis. 



B. Anal area of the same. Lettering as in A, with p., penis. 



C. Anal pouch of the same, closed. 



D. Anal pouch of Jc/niewmia. cdhicauda, $. Lettering as in A, with v., vulva. 



E. The same of Cynictis penicillata (young $). Lettering as in B. 



F. The same of Bdeogale puisa, ? . Lettering as in D. 



G. Glans penis of Crossarchus, from below. 

 H. The same of Suricata. 



I. The same of Cynictis. 

 K. The same of Mungos mungo. 



