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CARNIVORA. 
Herpestes, and the anterior talon of pm. 4 is more strongly 
developed’. 
On the whole it appears that the present form is de- 
cidedly a viverrine; and presents well-marked affinities 
both with Viwerra and Herpestes. In the tendency to the 
disappearance of m. 2 and the form of the upper carnassial 
there are indications of a transition to Prionodon and the 
musteline genus Plesictis, which presents viverrine affi- 
nities in the form of m. 1, Purchased, 1884. 
Genus VIVERRA, Linn.’ 
Dentition :—I. 4 C. 5 Pm. 2M, The accompanying wood- 
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cut (fig. 10) shows the characters of the upper dentition in the 
existing Viverra zibetha of India. 
Fig. 10. 

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Viverra zibetha, Linn.—Palate. 3. (From the ‘ Palzontologia Indica.’) 
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1 The mandible of the present form is much larger than that of Herpestes 
minimus (woodeut, fig. 12, p. 101); and is also distinguished by the higher 
crowns of the teeth, the shorter m. 2, and the presence of a distinct anterior talon 
to m. 4. 
2 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 63 (1766). 

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