46 VIVEKKID^. 



Section A. Digitigrade. The imderside of the hind feet hairy, except the 

 pads of the toes, the metatarsus, and sometimes a small part of the tarsus. 

 The upper Jflesh-tooth elongate ; upper tubercular small, transverse. Nose 

 short, wnderside fiat, with a central groove. 



Tribe I. VIVERRINA. 



The body robust. Tubercular teeth i-.^. The back of the hind 

 feet hairy, except the pad of the toes and the metatarsus. 



ViTerrina, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 610. 



There is a deep pouch for secreting civet, in the form of a deep 

 cavity on each side of the anus (P. Z. S. 1832, p. 63). 



1. VIVERRA. 



Head long ; muzzle acute ; pupil oblong, vertical (round, Hodg- 

 son). Neck with large black and white marbUngs. Body short, 

 compressed ; back black-crested ; legs moderate, equal ; tail mo- 

 derate, tapering ringed. Toes 5/5 j claws semiretractile. Teeth 

 40 ; false grinders ^ . f . 



Viverra, Unn. ; Gray, P. Z. 8. 1832, p. 63; 1864, p. 511. 



Hah. Africa and Asia. 



* Tail black. African. 



1. Viverra civetta. B.M. 

 Tail black ; sides spotted. 



Viverra civetta, Schreb. Sdugeth. t. Ill ; Bennett, Tower Menag. p. 99, 



fig. ; Gray, P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 511. 

 Civette, Buffon, ix. p. 299, t. 34. 

 Var. ? Viverra Poortmanni, Pueheran, Bev. et Mag. Zool. vii. p. 154, 



1853. 



Hah. Africa: Abyssinia; Fernando Po {Thompson); Guinea 

 (called " Kaukans ") -{T&mm.) ; Gaboon (Aubry Le Oomte). 



** Tail black-ringed, Asiatic. 



2. Viverra zibetha. 



TaU black-ringed. B.M. 



Viverra zibetha, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 65; Gray, Ittust. Ind. Zool. ii. t. 5 ; 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 63 ; Cat. Mamm. B. M.^.A7-PZ 8 



1864, p. 612 ; Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B. M. p. 71 ; 8chinz, 8yn. Mamm. 



i. 362 ; Horsfield, Cat. Mus. India House, p. 54. 

 Meles zibethica, Linn. 8. iV. 

 Viverra undulata, Cfray, %)ic. Zool. t. 8. 

 Viverra civettoides, V. melanurus, V. orientalis, Hodgson, J. Asiatic 



Soc. Bengal, x. 909. 

 Zibet, Suffon, ix. 299, t. 31. 



