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XVIII. ON THE FOSSIL CAENIVOEA OF THE 

 SEWALIK HILLS. 



[Although the Felis cristata, TJrsus (Hycenarctos) Sivalensis, 

 and Enhydriodon Sivalensis are the only Sewalik Garni vora 

 which have been carefully described, the Sewalik Fauna 

 included representatives of many other genera belonging to 

 this class. Two unpublished plates of the ' Fauna Antiqua 

 Sivalensis ' (L. and M.) are devoted to the illustration of the 

 Hycena Sivalensis (Falc. and Caut.), the specimens of which 

 are in the British Museum, while a third unpublished plate 

 (N.) illustrates the remains of the Machairodus Sivalensis 

 (Falc. and Caut.), also in the British Museum ; and a fourth 

 (Q.) those of JJrsitaxus, or a species of Ratel. (See descrip- 

 tions of these plates.) The British Museum collection also 

 contains specimens of fossil Ganis from the Sewalik hills, 

 which, as well as G^do, was briefly described by Messrs. 

 Baker and Durand in the Journal of the Asiatic Society for 

 Sept. 1836, vol. v. p. 581. These descriptions are annexed, 

 as well as an account by Dr. Falconer of the Sewalik Carni- 

 vora in the Museum of the Asiatic Society m Calcutta. A 

 reference to Machairodus Sivalensis, from one of Dr. Falconer's 

 note-books, will also be found in vol. ii., under the head of 

 * Felis speloea.' — Ed.] 



I. — Description by Messrs. Baker and Durand of Fossil Caknivora 



FROM THE SuB-HlMALAYAHS.' 

 GULO. 



Of this genus we possess the fossil skulls of two individuals, one of 

 which, represented in fig. 4, is nearly perfect : the lower jaws have 

 been separated at their symphysis and otherwise somewhat mutilated, 

 but as they were not found attached to the cranium, we may consider 

 ourselves fortunate in having obtained them at all. The second 

 cranium, fig. 7, has suflfered considerable mutilation, and is without tlie 

 lower jaws ; we have, however, inserted it in the plate, because though 

 otherwise less perfect, it has escaped a crush, which appears to have 

 flattened fig. 4. Some differences of proportion between the two fossils 

 would be accounted for under this supposition. 



The recent skulls with which we have compared the above-mentioned 



fossils belong to an animal known by the Hindustani name JBiju ^^_ 

 identical, or nearly so, with the Cape Ratel {Gulo Capensis, Desm.) 



' The illustrations referred to are those in the ' Journ. As. See' — [Ed.] 



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