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TIYBBRIDJ;:. 



6. POIANA. 



Head small ; ears rounded. Body slender, elongate ; fur soft, close, 

 short, nearly uniform in length, spotted ; no central dark vertebral 

 linB. Legs rather short. Feet hairy, cat-like ; toes 5/6, short ; 

 hind soles covered with hair ; vrith a short narrovr naked line, forked 

 below, and only reaching to the middle of the foot above. Claws 

 retractUe. Tail cylindrical, black-ringed. 

 Poiana, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 520. 



Hob. Africa. 



Very like Linsang in external appearance, but with the feet of a 

 Qenetta. 



Poiana Richardsoni. (Guinea Linsang.) B.M. 



Pale brown, black-spotted ; spots on the back larger, square ; spots 

 on sides and feet smaller, rounded. 



Linsang Richardsoni, Oerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. p. 72. 

 Vivei-ra genettoides, Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 89, 1853 ? 

 Genetta Richardsoni, Thompson, Ann. N. H. 1842. 

 Genetta poensis (jun.), Waterh. P. Z. S. 1838, p. 59. 

 Poiana Richardsoni, Oray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 520. 



Hah. West Africa: Fernando Po {Thompson); Guinea {Temm.). 



Fig. 8. 



Pbiana Richardsoni. 



Skull and teeth very like Unsang ; but the brain-case is ovate 

 and more ventricose. The orbits not defined behind, and confluent 

 with the temporal cavity; zygomatic arch stronger. The nose is 



