SPECIES OP MAMMALIA. 



head to the middle of the spine ; rather less than the pole- 

 cat. 



Gulo Orientalis, Horsjield's Java. 



Nyentek of the Javanese. 



Icon. Hot s field I. c. 



Inhabits Java. 



337. 3. G. Larvatus (the Masked Glutton.) Olive- 

 brown and gray, tip of tail and feet black, white patches 

 about the face ; larger than the pole-cat. 



Gulo larvatus, Temminck's and Hamilton Smith's MSS. 



Icon, nobis. 



Inhabits. 



338. 4. G. Ferrugineus (Ferruginous Glutton.) Chesnut 

 colour, tail black, and feet sepia ; head broad and depressed, 

 eyes near the nostrils, ears far back ; four feet from nose to 

 the end of the tail. 



G. Ferrugineus, Hamilton Smithy MSS. 

 Icon, nobis. 

 Habitat. ? 



Tribe II. Digitigrades. 

 Beasts of prey that walk on the toes only. 



I. Subdivision of Digitigrades. 



With one tubercular tooth behind the great carnivorous 

 tooth in the upper jaw. 



Genus Mustela. Incisors f ; canines W ; cheek teeth ^, 

 or fg. ; head small and oval ; ears short and round ; body 

 long vermiformed ; legs short ; toes five, armed with sharp 

 crooked claws ; no anal pouch, but with a small gland 

 secreting a strong stinking unguent. 



I. PuTORius. Cuvier. Two false molars above, and three 

 below; the great carnivorous tooth below without an in- 

 ternal tubercle ; muzzle short ; foetid. 



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