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3. The hinder opening of the palate is narrow, at the end of a 

 narrow depressed tuhe, and considerahly further back than the 

 hinder edge of the last grinder, in Arctogale. 



The specimens which are in the British Museum Collection may- 

 be divided and arranged thus, from what has been called the " most 

 carnirorous " to the " most omnivorous " form of teeth : — 



1. The flesh -tooth very narrow, with a small internal process on the 



front edge. Nandinia hinotata. 



2. The flesh-tooth rather narrow, with a rather small internal lobe 



on the front edge. Paradoxurus honda/r. 



3. The flesh-tooth rather wider, with a moderate-sized internal lobe 



on the front edge ; teeth moderate. P. Orossii, P. nigrifrons, 

 and P. zeylanicus. 



4. The flesh-tooth triangular, broad, massive, with a large internal 



lobe occupying a great part of the inner side, 



a. The teeth elongate, large, massive. Paradoxurus mu- 

 sanga, P. philippensis, P. macrodus, and Paguma leuco- 

 mystax. 



h. The teeth shorter and broader, moderate or small. Pa- 

 guma Qrayi, P. larvata, and Arctogale trivirgata. 



They may be arranged, according to the form of the adult skull, 

 thus : — 



1. The brain-case wide in front, scarcely constricted. Orbit indi- 



stinctly marked. Nose broad. Paguma larvata and P. leu- 

 comystax. 



2. The brain-case wide in front, and distinctly constricted. Nose 



rather elongate. 



a. Orbit marked only with a short blunt process on the 

 upper hinder edge. Paguma Grayi. 



b. Orbit marked with a rather short, acute, well-marked 

 process on the upper hinder edge. Nandinia binotata. 



3. The brain-case narrow, and evidently and distinctly constricted 



in front. The orbit undefined. 



a. The face broad; width at the tubercular grinder about 

 four-flfths the length of the palate. Paradoxurus phi- 

 lippensis, P. Crossii, P. nigrifrons, P. fasciatus, and P. 

 macrodus. 



b. The face rather elongate ; width at the tubercular grinder 



two-thirds of the length of the palate. P. zeylanicus, P. 

 bondar, and P. hemiaphroditus. 



. 4. The brain- case narrow, suddenly and distinctly constricted in 

 front. The orbit weU defined behind. Arctogale trivirgata. 



