5. STJBICATA. 177 



apart, the hinder with a small central internal lobe ; the flesh-tooth 

 triangular, about as long as wide, the inner lobe central ; tubercular 

 grinder trigonal, somewhat like the flesh-tooth (see De Blainv. 

 Oste'ogr. Viverra, t. 8. f. 1-4, from a young animal). 



Eupleres, Boyh-e, Ann. Sd. Nat. 1836, iv. p. 281 ; De Blainv. Oateogr. 

 Viverra, t. 8 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 577. 



According to M. de Blainville's figure of the skull, this genus 

 (which I have never been able to examine) was properly referred by 

 Flacourt, who first noticed it, to the Civets. 



M. Doyfere referred it to the Insectivora (see Ann. Sci. Nat. iv. 

 278); but, to make this alliance, he considers the front double- 

 rooted tooth in the lower jaw a canine. 



M. de BlainvUle, in his essay on Mamm. Insectivores, in ' An- 

 nales Fr. et Etrang. d'Anat. et de Physiol.' ii. p. 1, justly observes, 

 " the Ewpleres, which has been referred to the Insectivora, on ex- 

 amination has proved to be allied to Mangusta, or to the section 

 Qenetta of the Viverridw " (I. c. p, 37). 



Eupleres Goudotii. 



Fur very dark brown ; under-fur fulvous, with black transverse 

 streaks over the shoulder ; throat and beneath whitish. 



Eupleres Goudotii, Doykre, Ann. Sci. Nat. 1835, iv. p. 281, 1. 18 (ani- 

 mal and skuU) ; Be Blainv. OstSogr. Viverra, t. 8 (skull) ; Gray, 

 P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 578. 



Falanouc, Flacourt, Madagascar. 



Length 12 inches, of tail 5 inches. 



Hah. Madagascar, at Tamatave, in burrows (called " Falanouc") 

 {Goudot^ {Mus. Paris). 



5. SURICATA. 



Head spherical. Nose elongate, produced ; underside hairy, con- 

 vex, without any central groove ; muflle callous; nostril long, open- 

 ing on the sides. Ears rounded, nakedish internally. Body elon- 

 gate ; hair soft, annulated. Legs moderate. Toes 4.4; hind soles 

 hairy. Claws long ; front very long, slender, compressed, arched ; 

 anal glands two. Tail tapering, slender, covered with short hair, 

 and rather pencilled at the tip. Teeth 36 ; false grinders f . f ; 

 flesh-teeth ■}- • f ; tubercular grinders ^ . ^. 



Suricata, Bestn. N. Bid. BCNxxiv. p. 16, 1804; Gray, P.Z.S. 



1864, p. 578. 

 Ryzsena, Illiger, Prodr. Mamm. 1812. 



Suricata zenick. B.M. 



Grey; orbit and tip of the tail black; hinder part of the back 

 with dark cross bands ; chin, throat, and vent whitish ; tail rather 

 redder, underside lighter, under-fur reddish. 



Suricata zenick, Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 53 ; P. Z. S. 1864, p. 578. 

 Viverra suricata, Frxl. Syst. p. 488. 



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