OF THE PENINSULAR REGION. 17 



Subfamily VIVEREIN^E. 

 Key to the genera. 



A. Tail more than one- third the length of head and 



body ; facial bristles normal. 



a Ears not tufted, tail not prehensile. 



a Tarsus and meta-tarsus hairy behind; tail 

 with dark and light rings or semi-rings. 



a' 2 A black gorget. 



a An erectile black dorsal mane. ... VlVERRA. 



b* No dorsal mane -. YlVERRlCULA. 



h 2 No black gorget 



a Tail semi-ringed on basal portion only 



Hemigale. 



b 3 Tail completely ringed throughout PRIONODON. 



b l Tarsus half naked behind ; tail not ringed. 



a 2 Teeth large ; a bare patch on lower abdo- 

 men ... Paradoxurus. 



h 2 Teeth small ; no naked patch on lower 



abdomen ARCTOGALIDIA. 



b Ears tufted, tail prehensile ... ... Arctictis. 



B. Tail less than one-third the length of head and body ; 



facial bristles exceedingly stout and numerous 



Cynogale. 



Genus VlVERRA. 



The members of this genus are the largest of the true civets. 

 They are rather coarsely furred animals with erectile stiff black 

 crests running down the median line of the back and with 

 ringed tails : both sexes possess glands which secrete an odori- 

 ferous substance. In habit they appear to be purely terrestrial. 



R. A. Soc, No. 53, 1939. 



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