SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Canis Megalotis, Cmw. Ossemens Fossiles, Desm. Mamm. 

 1. 538, Megalotes Lalandii, Hamilton Smith, MSS. 

 Icon. Nobis. 

 Inhabit. Cape of Good Hope. 



390. 2. Megalotis Brucii(Bruce'sFeT\nec.) Dirty- white; 

 belly whiter ; ears thin, margined with white hairs. 



C. Zerda, Bodd. Canis Cerdo, Gmelin,Sys. Nat. 1. 75. 

 C. Megalotis. Fenneccus Brucii, Desm. Mam. 235. Mega- 

 lotis, Illiger. 



Animal Anonyme, Buffon, Sup. Hist. Nat. vii. 128. 

 (1776.) Fennec. Bruce, Voy. i. 154. Zerda? Sparman, 

 Voy. IV. Pennant, Quad. i. 167. 



Icon. Buffon, Supp. vii. t. 19. Bruce, Voy. t. 28. Spar- 

 man, Voy. II. t. 4? Pennant, Quad. t. 8. Shaw,Zool. t. 80-. 



Inhabits Abyssinia. 



VivERRA. Incisors 4; canines iJ- ; cheek teeth ||. In the 

 upper jaw, three false molars, a little conical and com- 

 pressed ; a large sharp-cutting carnivorous tooth nearly tri- 

 cuspidous, and two tuberculous teeth ; in the lower jaw there 

 are four false molars, a large carnivorous bicuspidous tooth, 

 and one large tuberculous tooth behind ; headlong; muz- 

 zle pointed ; nostrils pierced on the sides of the nose ; 

 pupils of the eyes capable of contracting themselves almost 

 into a line ; tongue aculeated ; feet pentadactylous ; claws 

 semi-retractile ; anal pouch more or less deep. 



I. VivERRA. Cuv. Anal pouch very deep, and divided 

 into two sacks, containing an unctuous, musk-scented secre- 

 tion ; cheek teeth ||. 



391. 1; V. Civetta (the Civet.) Gray, with brown or 

 black stripes and spots ; tail, with four or five annuli, 

 shorter than the body ; a mane along the dorsal line. 



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