4. CALOGALE. 



157 



and keeled on the outer lower edge. Length of skull 4^ inches, 

 of nose IJ inch; width of hrain-case IJ inch, of back of mouth 

 Ij inch, of zygomatic arch 2| inches. 



Fig. 21. 



Skull of Athylax robustus. 



4. CALOGALE. 



Body elongate. Tail very long, slender, cylindrical, covered with 

 short hair, with longer at the tip. Toes 5.5; claws short, triangular, 

 acute. Pupil linear, erect. SkuU elongate ; brain-case elongate, 

 two-thirds the length of skuU (see Peters, Eeise, t. 28). Teeth 40 ; 

 false grinders f . f , compressed ; flesh-tooth narrow, much longer 



