1168 
#534 (531). Rhinarium normal, nostrils much nearer its lower than its upper 
edge, the lateral slits long; no trace of philtrum and no groove on upper lip. 
Pads of second, third, fourth, and fifth digits free. See #535. 
#535 (545). Tympanic annulus projecting as a free ridge into bulla, not confluent 
with its roof, the posterior rafter arched high above petrous, leaving a large 
space between the chambers, of which the posterior is not multiloculate; 
bullae encroaching on glenoid in front. See #536. 
#536 (542). Teeth sectorial, in a general way like those of martinae; occipital 
crest inclined backward and inward from mastoid, not semicircular from 
back view. See #537. 
#537 (539). MELLivORiNAE Gill, 1872a, Arrangement Fam. Mamm., Smiths. Misc. 
Coll. no. 230, 6, 66. — Periotic hollow, comparatively small, not extended to 
tip of mastoid, which, like the paroccipital, stands prominently away from 
bulla, the latter rounded in front and remote from hamular; palatine for- 
amina on suture; lower carnassial without metaconid; last lower molar lost; 
upper molar with wide cingulum; pinna of ear reduced to an integumental 
thickening. A glandular pouch round anus. Feet very broad; digits closely 
tied; large carpal and metatarsal pads in contact with wide plantar pads. 
See #538. 
#538. Mellivora" Storr, 1780, Prodr. Meth. Mamm., 34, tab. A, tsd. (1900; 
1904; 1924) raiel Sparrman so. (1924) capensis Schreb. — Ratels, honey- 
badgers. Body stout. Legs short, strong; fore claws very large. Tail 
short. No external ear. Coloration peculiar: upper parts whitish; lower 
parts, legs, and muzzle, uniformly black. Mammae 4. Anal glands well 
developed, one opening on each side of anus. Feet naked below, on hind 
feet the naked sole extends to the heel. Teeth 32 (i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 3/3, 
m. 1/1); no lower tubercular molar; upper tubercular (or true) molar much 
broader than long, thus being transverse and more or less dumbbell-shaped, 
as in mustelinae; upper sectorial large, with the inner tubercle quite at 
the anterior end; heel of lower sectorial very small. Vertebrae: C. 7, D, 14, 
L. 4, S. 4, Cd. 15. India, Africa. 
#538 Mellivora* [or Gulo ^ Ratelus] capensis (Schreb., 1777, Saugth., v. 3,. 
450, pi. 125 (1776); Erxl., 1777, Syst. Anim., 493 [Viverrai]) Greve, 1894, 
Nova Acta Leop., Halle, 160. Honig-Ratel, Kapischer Honigdachs. 
Africa. Syn. Mellivora raiel. There may possibly be some confusion in 
regard to the host of the parasites, cf. #540 capensis. 
SARCOSPORIDIA f 149.— Striated 
muscles. 
[species Viljoen, 1921: Sarkospori- 
dien. — S. Africa.] 
Diphyllobothrium t295. 
decipiens °. 
^latum. 
Mesocestoides <t299. — Intest. 
caestus. — London Zoo, from N. E. 
Africa*. — Mellivora ratel ^ t. h. 
Filaria 1449. 
martis. — Host confusion? — Subcut. — 
Eritrea; Africa. 
perforans. — Host confusion? — Africa. 
quadrispina^. — Host confusion?' 
Eritrea, Africa. 
Physaloptera t469. — Stom. 
elegantissima. — Eritrea, Africa, 
species Monnig, 1924a, 449. — In- 
test. — Transvaal. 
Trichuris 1370. 
[species Chatin, 1874. — Anal glands.] 
" Syns.: MelivoTa o Gray, 1847, List Osteol. Spec. Brit. Mus., pp. x, 19; 
Ratellus Cuvier, 1827, Griffith's Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., v. 5, 118; 
Ratelus 0 Bennett, 1830, Gardens Menagerie Zool. Soc, Chiswick, v. 1, 13, mt. mellUxirv* 
Bennett, from India; 
Eattelus ™ Palmer, 1904a, Index Gen. Mamm., 601; 
Ursitaxus ' Hodgson, 1835, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, v. 4 (45), Sept., 522, mt. inauritm Hodgson; 
Ursotaxm c Blyth, 1840, Cuvier's Anim. Eangd., London, 86, mt. inauritus. 
