404 CYNICTIS. PROTELES. HYiENA. 



695. Cynictis penicillatus (G. Cuvier). 



Herpestes penicillatus G. Cuv., Reg. Anim., 2me ed,, i, 1829, p. 



158. 

 Mangusta levaillantii A. Smith, Zool. Jour., iv, 1829, p. 437. 

 Cynictis steedmanni Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1833, p. 49. 

 Cynictis ogilbyii A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Jour., 11, 1834, p. 116. 

 Cynictis lepturus A. Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool., Mamm., 1839, pi. 



XVII. 



Bushy-tailed Meerkat. 



1. Adult — P. Cape Colony, S. Africa. Ward's Nat. Scien. Es- 



tabl., Rochester, N. Y. 



2. Adult — P. South Africa. E. Gerrard & Sons. 



Family III. Hys«»iii<he. Hyseiiais. 



Subfamily I. Protelinae. 

 Genus 199. Proteles. 



Proteles I. Geoff., M^m. Mus. Hist. Nat, Paris, xi, 1824, p. 355, 

 pi. 20. Type Proteles lalandii Geofifroy = Viverra cristata 

 Sparrman. 



696. Proteles cristatus (Sparrman). 



Viverra cristata Sparrm., Resa till Goda Hopps-udden, i, 1783, p. 



581; Id. English Translation, 11, 1785, p. 192. 

 Viverra hyaenoides Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 538. 

 Proteles lalandii Is. Geoff., M^m. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, xi, 1824, 



p. 371, pi. 20. 

 Proteles cristatus W. L. Sclater, Faun. S. Afr., Mamm., i, 1900, 



p. 80, figs. 20, 21. 

 Aard-wolf. 



I. Adult — P. Cape Colony, South Africa. Ward's Nat. Scien. 



Establ.. Rochester, N. Y. 



Subfamily II. HyseninEe. 

 Genus 200. HyfViiJi. 



Hyaena Brisson, Regn. Anim., 2d ed., 1762, p. i6g. Type Hycena 

 hycena Brisson = Canis hycena Linnaeus. 



