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#448 (448a32). Suricata 33 Desm., 1804, Nouv. Diet. Hist, nat., ed. 1, 15, tab, 
24 [nv], mt. capensis Desm., 1804, tsd. (1882; 1900; 1904) tetradactyla Schreb., 
1777 syn. (1904) capensis Desm. syn. (tsd. 1918) suricatta syn. zenik. — Suri- 
cates, Meerkats, Schnarrthier. Philtrum absent. Head spherical; nose 
elongate, produced; underside hairy, convex, without any central groove; 
nostrils long, opening on sides; ears small, semicircular, and set well back 
and low down on head; teeth 36 to 38: i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 3/3-4, m. 2/2; denti- 
tion more generalized, rather crushing than sectorial, upper carnassial (pm.'*) 
set forwards so that its posterior angle is well in advance of root of malar arch, 
the whole or practically the whole of m ^ being also in advance of that point, 
the line of the cheek-teeth forming a much more even curve at the junction 
of pm* and m Body elongate; hair soft, annulated. Legs moderate; 
tarso-metatarsus naked; claws long, not retractile; front very long, nearly 
twice the length of those on hind feet, slender, compressed, arched; pollex 
and hallux suppressed. Anal glands 2. Tail tapering, slender, covered 
with short hair, and rather pencilled at tip. S. Africa. 
#448 Suricata [or Ryzaena °] suricatta (? Schreb., 1776, Saugth., v. 3, pi. 97; 
Erxl., 1777, Syst. Regn. Anim., 488 [Viverra ']) Thomas, 1882, Proc. Zool. 
Soc. London, no. 6, 92. Cape Colony, S. Africa. So. #448 Suricata tetra- 
dactyla, fide Thomas, 1882, 92; Lydekker, 1896a, 276; Trouess., 1897c, 340. 
-Ext. 
Ext. 
Fiiaria t435. 
setariosa. — Adipose tissue surround- 
ing intest. — Transvaal S S. Af- 
rica.— T. h. 
Microfilaria t432. connatus. — Grahamstown, S. Africa, 
[species Plimmer, 1912. — S. Africa.] 
#448 Suricata suricatta liamiltoni Thomas & Schwann, 1905, Proc. Zool. Soc- 
London, v. 1 (9), 134. Wakkerstroom S. E. Transvaal. 
Haemaphysalis t869.— 
]leachi. — S. Africa. 
Ctenocephalides 11639 
]canis. — S. Africa. 
connatus. — Grahamstown 
Trichodectes fHOO.— Ext. 
cooleyi. — Pretoria District S Transvaal. 
-T. h. 
35 #448a (448). Philtrum present. See b. 
b (c). Bdeogale Peters, 1850, Mitth. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berlin, Nov. 19 [nv]; 1852, Bericht Verhandl. Xonig. 
Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 81-82; Naturwiss. Reise naeh Mossambique, Zool., I, Saugeth., 119-125; tsd. 
(1882; 1904; 1919; 1924) crassicauda— Webs deep as compared with length of digits; palmar and plantar 
surfaces of feet furred; metatarsus covered with hair almost to plantar pad. Ears moderate or small, with 
no pocket behind antitragal ridge; skull elongate, low; teeth 40; pm. 4/4; inner portions of upper molars 
1 and 2 thick, strong; last lower molar with median external cusp. Africa. 
Sjrns.: Beleogale ™ Marschall, 1873, Nomenclator Zool., Mamm., 3; 
Galeriscus ■ Thomas, 1894, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., London, ser. 6, v. 13 (78), June, 522, mt.jacksoni Thomas, 
1894. 
c (6). Paracynidis Pocock, 1916, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, v. 17 (98), Feb., 177-179, mt. tod. selousi 
de Winton, Bulawayo*.— Webs very shallow as compared with length of digits, especially between 3 and 4, 
4 and 5; pollex and hallux suppressed; metatarsals hairy dovm to plantar pad. Ears very large for the group, 
with a small pocket behind antitragal ridge; skull short, high; inner portions of upper molars 1 and 2 slender, 
weak; last lower molar without median external cusp. 
33 Sjms.: Rizaena " Blainville, 1817, Nouv. Diet. Hist, nat., v. 9, 339; 
Rhyzaena « Wagner, 1841, Schreber's Saugthiere, Suppl., v. 2, 330, mt. tetradactyla Pall. syn. 
capensis Desm. s3ti. zenik Linn.; 
Rysaena ™ Lesson, 1827, Man. Mamm., Paris, 178; 
Ryzaena » Illiger, 1811, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 134, mt. tetradactyla syn. zenik. 
The synonymy of tetradactyla is rather confused and brings up the controversial point in nomenclature 
regarding erroneously determined species. The generic name Suricata follows capensis. 
