xii Illustrations 



Aonyx capensis: skull of adult female; dorsal view; lateral view of left 



mandible; crown view of left lower dentition 103 



Aonyx capensis: skull of juvenile male; lateral and palatal views; lateral view 



of left mandible; crown view of left lower dentition 104 



Aonyx capensis: dorsal view of skull of juvenile male 105 



Civettictis civetta orientalis: skull of young adult male; lateral and palatal 



views; lateral view of left mandible; crown view of left lower dentition. . 110 

 Civettictis civetta orientalis: skull of senile male; lateral and palatal views; 



lateral view of left mandible; crown view of left lower dentition Ill 



Civettictis civetta orientalis: comparative dorsal views of skulls of young adult 



male and senile male 113 



Civettictis civetta orientalis: palmar surface of left fore foot; plantar surface of 



left hind foot .' 116 



Genetta pardina fteldiana: palmar surface of left fore foot; plantar surface of 



left hind foot 122 



Diagrams of palmar surface of left fore foot and plantar surface of left hind foot . 



as found in genets 123 



Genetta servalina: palatal view of skull of adult male, showing supernumerary 



molar (m 3 ) on each side of upper jaw 128 



Genetta servalina: palmar surface of left fore foot; plantar surface of left hind 



foot 129 



Rhinarium of Genetta pardina fteldiana, Genetta servalina, and Poiana richard- 



soni ochracea 130 



Osbornictis piscivora, new species: type skull; lateral, palatal, and dorsal views 136 



Genetta victorise: skull of adult male; lateral, palatal, and dorsal views 137 



Comparative views of Osbornictis piscivora, new species, and Genetta victorise: 



lateral view of left mandible; crown view of left lower dentition; left half 



of dentition in occlusion; rhinarium 138 



Osbornictis piscivora, new species; and Genetta victorise: palmar surface of left 



fore foot; plantar surface of left hind foot 139 



Comparative views of right calcaneum and of dorsal surface of right astragalus 



of Osbornictis piscivora, new species, and Genetta victorise 140 



Anterior view of distal portion of right humerus and external view of right 



radius and ulna of Osbornictis piscivora, new species, and Genetta victorise . . 141 

 External view of right scapula of Osbornictis piscivora, new species, Genetta 



victorise, and Nandinia binotata 142 



Osbornictis piscivora, new species, and Genetta victorise: left lateral view of axis; 



left lateral view of first three dorsal vertebrae 142 



Osbornictis piscivora, new species, and Genetta victorise: left lateral view of pelvic 



region with the last lumbar, the sacral, and the first caudal vertebrae in place 143 

 Poiana richardsoni ochracea: skull of subadult male; lateral, palatal, and dorsal 



views; lateral view of left mandible; crown view of left lower dentition. . 145 

 Poiana richardsoni ochracea: palmar surface of left fore foot; plantar surface 



of left hind foot 146 



Nandinia binotata: skull of adult male; lateral, palatal, and dorsal views 149 



Nandinia binotata: adult male; lateral view of left mandible; crown view of left 



lower dentition 150 



