1092 
#464 Herpestes [or Calogale % Mungos ^ (Herpestes) pulverulentus Wagner, 
1839, Miinch. Gel. Anzeig., v. 9, 426 [nv]. East African mungoose, pepper 
and salt cat, small grey mungoose, Staub-Manguste, Grijse Muishond, ilitse, 
Neethaar. S. & W. Africa. 
Echidnophaga tl633.— Ext. 
larina. — Cape Colony. 
Felicola <tl099.— Ext. 
calogaleus. — Cape Province. 
#464 Herpestes ^ ratlamuchi (Smith, 1836, Rep. exped. explor. Central Afr., 
Cape Town, 42 [Ichneumon ^ » ratlamouchi] [nv]; Smith, 1837, Cat. S. Afr. 
Mus., 22 [Mangusta ^ ratlamuchi] [nv]) Trouess., 1897c, Cat. Mamm., v. 1, 
334. So. #451 [Galerella] ratlamuchi, q. v. 
#464 Herpestes! sanguineus RueppeU, 1836, Neue Wirbelth. Abyssin., (7), 
27. Abu Wusie. Egypt. So. #451 Galerella sanguineus, q. v. 
#464 Herpestes or Ichneumon ^ « species. 
SARCOSPORIDIA tl49.— Striated 
muscles. 
[species Viljoen, 1921: Sarkospori- 
dien. — S. Africa.] 
EcMnococcus t322. 
"^granulosus. 
Tetrathyridium <t284a. 
[*species Schwartz, 1927. — Larva in 
peritoneal cavity and lungs. Adult 
exp. in dogs and cats. — Washing- 
ton, D. C] 
Arthrocephalus 388cZ. 
gamhiensis. — London Zoo, from Gam- 
bia *. — African mongoose t. h. 
Spirura 468e. 
gastrophila. 
Haemaphysalis t869.— Ext. 
jleachi. — Africa. 
Metathrombium 1964. — Ext, 
iporiceps. 
Echidnophaga 1 1633.— Ext. 
'\gallinacea. 
Xenopsylla tl636.— Ext. 
erilli. — Africa. 
#464 Herpestes [or Mesohema *, Mungos \ Osmetectis S Urva *] (Herpestes) urva 
Hodgson, 1836, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, v. 5, 238 [Gulo i]) Anderson, 1878, 
Anat. Zool. Res. Zool. Results Yunnan Exped., v. 1, 189. Crab-eating 
Mungoose, Arva, Urva. Himalayas from Nepal * to Assam, Arakan, Burma, 
N. Tenasserim, and southern China. 
#465 (418). PROTELiDAE Flower, 1869, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 37. — Toes 5 on 
front feet, 4 on hind feet; claws blunt. Cheek-teeth widely spaced, aU alike 
and peg-like, jaws correspondingly weak; eats carrion and white ants; molars 
almost rudimentarj^; no functionalized sectorial molars; premolars 4/3-4, very 
small, simple in character, premolar 2 present or absent. Alisphenoid canal 
absent. See #466. 
#466. Proteles Geoff r., 1824, Bui. Sci. Soc. Philom., Paris, Sept., 139, tod. 
lalandii Geoffr., 1824, from Cape of Good Hope; 1824, Mem. Mus. Hist, 
nat., Paris, v. 11, 355, 370, mt. lalandii « Geoffr. so. tsd. (1900) cristatus 
Sparrman. — Aard-Wolf, Earth- Wolf, Erdwoh. Head short, broad; muzzle 
truncated; ears long, pointed. Body short; copious mane of long hair along 
mid line of neck and back, can be erected when animal is excited. Legs 
elongate, front longest; poUex short with a distinct claw; claws all strong, 
blunt, subcompressed, nonretractile. Tail short, bushy. Teeth 30 or 32 
(i. 3/3, c. 1/1, p. and m. 4/3 or 4) ; molars very small, placed far apart, almost 
rudimentary in character; canines long and rather slender. Vertebrae: C. 7, 
D. 15, L. 5, S. 2, Cd. 24. Burrowing, nocturnal animal, feeding on decom- 
posing animal substances, larvae and termites. Tropical and South Africa. 
Syn. Geocyon ° Wagler, 1830, Natiir. Syst. Amphib., 30, mt. lalandei Geoffr. 
so. (1904) cristata Sparr. 
