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#448 Suricata suricatta suricatta (Erxl., 1777, Syst, Regn. Anim., 488 
[Viverra Slender-tailed Meerkat, typical suricate. S. Africa. 
Echidnophaga tl633.— Ext. 
hradyta. — S. Africa. 
^gallinacea. — S. Africa. 
Xenopsylla tl636. — Ext. 
erilli. — S. Africa. 
#448 Suricata [or Rhyzaena % Ryzaena °] tetradactyla (Pallas in Schreb., 1777, 
Saugth., V. 3, 434, pi. 117; Zimm., 1777, Spec. ZooL, 482 [Viverra ']) Thomas, 
1882, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, no. 6, 92. Slender-tailed Meerkat, Schnarr- 
thier, Surikate, vierzehige Riisseltrager, vierzehige Schnarrthier. South 
Africa * ; Cape Colonj^, ranging to Algoa Bay. 
Giardia tl39.— Intest. 
suricatae. — Pretoria — T. h 
Haemaphysalis t869. — Ext. 
■\leachi — Cape Colony; 
Leone. 
Sierra 
Echidnophaga tl633.— Ext. 
hradyta. — Cape Colony *. 
^gallinacea. — Cape Colony. 
Xenopsylla tl636.— Ext. 
erilli. — Cape Colony. 
#M9 (447; 452). Toes 5 on front feet, 4 on hind feet. See #450. 
#450 (451). Cynictis Ogilby, 1833, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 1 (4), May 24, 
48, mt. steedmanni so. (tsd. 1900; 1904; 1919) penicillata Cuv. — Meerkat. 
Teeth 40: i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 4/4, m. 2/2; inner portions of upper m i and 
slender, weak; last lower molar without median external cusp. Rhinarium 
naked, skin of upper lip (from rhinarium to mouth) appears to be naked, 
but it is covered with very fine hair; mid line of upper lip has a very narrow, 
naked groove (philtrum), which is easily overlooked, extending from rhin- 
arium to margin of upper lip (fide Miller). Ears very large for the group, 
with a small pocket behind the antitragal ridge; skull short, high; frontal 
portion of skull strongly convex, brain-case high; a well-marked vacuity in 
fioor of auditory meatus, consisting of a more or less rounded hole, which, 
as the animal gets older, gradually fills up, but never produces the row of 
small holes found in Suricata. Body slender. Tail with long hairs, flat- 
tened horizontally. Legs short; forefoot hairy down to carpal pad, hind 
soles quite hairy down or almost down to plantar pad; front claws elongate, 
compressed, arched; webs very shallow as compared with length of digits, 
especially between digits 3 and 4, 4 and 5; hallux suppressed. South Africa 
(Uitenhage on borders of Caffraria). 
#450 Cynictis [or Mangusta ^] penicillata (Illiger, 1815, Abh. Konig. Akad. 
Wiss., 1804-1811, Berlin, 79, 86 [Herpestes i]) Ogilby, 1839, Smiths Illustr. 
Zool. S. Afr., V. 1, tab. 16 [nv]; Thomas, 1882, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, no. 6, 
83. Bushy-tailed Meerkat, Fuchs-Manguste, Geel, Igala, Rooi Meerkat. 
S. Africa. 
SARCOSPORIDIA f 149.— Striated 
muscles. 
[species Viljoen, 1921: Sarkospori- 
dien. — S. Africa.] 
Dipylidium t308.— Intest. 
zschokkei. — Sekuma *, S. Africa. 
Subulura t488^'. 
scheheni. — Intest. — S. W. Africa. 
Haemaphysalis t869. — Ext. 
\leachi ^ leachi. — Transvaal. 
Ctenocephahdes tl639. — Ext. 
'\canis. — S. Africa. 
connatus. — S. Africa. 
Echidnophaga tl633.— Ext. 
hradyta. — Cape Colony. 
\gallinacea. — S. Africa. 
