52 On the Civet of the continent of India. 



size when first taken, and then they had four molars above 

 and as many below. A survivor to 15th September was 

 then 14^ inches long, and had cut all the molars. On 20th 

 June the incisors appeared. But I must hasten to return 

 to my first subject, and subjoin such a detail of its dimensions 

 as with the colours, may serve to fix the species in the 

 judgment of the skilful. Dimensions of Viverra Orientalis, 

 potius Melanurus } mature male. 



Snout to base of tail, 



Tail only, " ... 



Tail and terminal hair, ... 



Head, length of a long curve, 



Ditto ditto straight, 



Greatest breadth, 



Ditto depth, 



Width between the ears across parietals,) 

 straight, J 



Ditto between inner canthi of the eyes, 



Length of ears from crown of head, 



Ditto ditto from the lobe, ... 



Elbow to top of corpus, , 



Corpus (inclusive) to tip long finger, 



Knee (true) to os calcis, 



Os calcis to end of longest toe, 



Mean height of the animal, 



Girth behind the shoulder, 



Weight (fat,) 18 lbs. 



I shall close this description, in order to render it complete, 

 with a notice of the structure of the animal : head conico- 

 depressed, with ears and eyes remote ; its vertical line very 

 slightly curved from snout to occiput, and the bridge of the 

 nose straight : muzzle or nude extremity of the nose clearly 

 defined, rounded, slightly grooved in front, not so above nor 

 mobile, nor much exceeding the teeth ; the nares canine, being 



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