SYNOPSIS OF THE 



400. 1. Proteles Lalandii (Lalande's Proteles). Fur 

 gray ; small mane ; six or seven narrow transverse bands 

 on the flanks, other small bands on the thighs and legs, 

 and end of the tail black. 



Vivera ? Hyenoides. G. Cuvier^ MSS. Desm. Mam. 538. 

 Proteles Lalandii, hod. Geoffroy, Mem. Mus. ii. 5. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Cape of Good Hope. 



Obs. This interesting animal appears to unite the Hysena 

 with the Viverra. 



VI. Mangusta. Anal pouch very large, with the vent si- 

 tuated at the bottom of it. Cheek-teeth |f ; feet petadactylous. 



401. 1. M. Ichneumon (the Ichneumon.) Body dotted . 

 equally all over ; dirty yellow and slate colour, each hair 

 being annulated alternately with these tints ; paws and i 

 muzzle black ; tail long, and terminated by a diverging tuft. 



Viverra Ichneumon, Lin. Sys. Nat. p. 84. Herpestes 

 Pharonis, Desm. Mamm. 213. 



Ichneumon, Gesner, Quad. 566. Nems and Pharaoh's 

 rat. Modern Egyptians, Mangouste, Buffon, xiii. 150. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 116. Buff". Sup. t. 3. pi. 26. 



F. Cuvier, Mam. Lithog. — Shaw, Zool. i. t. 92. 



Inhabits Egypt. 



402. 2. M. Mungos (the Indian Ichneumon,) similar to the 

 last, but with the tail pointed, and with slightly indicated 

 transverse bands on the body. 



V. Ichneumon, B. Lin. Sys. Nat. 63. Mustek Glauca, 

 Lin. Sys. Nat. ed. v. Viverra Mongoz, Gmelin, Sys. Nat. 

 184. Herpestes Mungo, Desm. Mam. 211. 



Mungo, or Mungutia of the Indians. 



Icon. Buff. t. 13. pi. 19. J. Kampfer Amoenit. Exotic, 

 tab. 567. 



Inhabits India. 



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