172 KHINOeALID^. 



le nez n'avait pas, comme oelui du chien, un sillon qui s'^tendit de- 

 puis I'entre-deux des narines jusqu'st la l^yre ; cet espace etait con- 

 vexe." The character here described does not seem to have been 

 remarked, since, indeed, I only accidentally discovered that Dan- 

 benton had observed it, long after I had seen its importance as a 

 characteristic in a group allied to Vivenidse. The same character is 

 found in the Mangouste figured by M. Daubenton (t. 19); but he does 

 not notice it in his short description of a living female of that animal. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



Tribe 1. Rhinogalina. Head elongate. Nose short. Teeth 40. 

 False grinders |-. 



1. EHIN0GAI.E. Tail conical. Toes 5 . 5. Front claws short. 



2. Mttngos. Tail conical. Toes 5 . 5. Front claws elongate. 



Tribe 2. Crossarchina. Head ventricose. Nose elongate. Teeth 36. 

 False grinders |- . |-. 



3. Ckossabchtjs. Toes 5 . 5. Claws hooked. Hiud soles bald. 



4. Etjplebes. Toes 5 . 5. Claws short, hooked. Hind soles 



hairy. 



5. StTBiCATA. Toes 5 . 4. Claws elongate, slender. Hind soles 



hairy. 



Tribe! EHINOGALINA. 



Nose short ; teeth 40 ; tubercular grinders |-. 



1. EHINOGALE. 



Head ovate. Nose shortly produced, convex beneath. Body 

 elongate. Toes 5 . 5. Claws short, compressed, acute. Tail conical, 

 covered with elongated hair. Skull elongate, ventricose. The orbit 

 incomplete on the hinder edge. Teeth 40. False grinders | . f. 

 Flesh- tooth triangular, broad, angle rounded; inner tubercle broad, 

 near the middle, and occupying the greater part of the inner side. 

 Tubercular grinders f . f- ; upper broad, transverse, rounded on the 

 side, only half as long as wide. 



Rhinogale, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 573. 

 This genus, in the prolongation of the nose, "has some afliaity 

 to CrossarcTms and Suricata ; but the elongation is much less de- 

 veloped. 



