1170 
#540 [Ictonyx] vaillantn Loche, 1856, Rev. Ma^. ZooL, 497, pi. 22 [Zorilla <>]. 
Algeria *, Africa. So. #540 Ictonyx lybiea, fide Trouess., 1897c, 258. 
Trichodectes fllOO. — Ext. 
zorillae. — Tunisia. 
#540 Ictonyx [or Mephitis \ Mustela \ Rhahdogale, Zorilla °] (Viverra \ Zorilla °) 
zoriUa (Schreb., 1777, Saugth., v. 3, 445, pi. 123 (1776) [Viverra i]) Greve, 
1894, Nova Acta Acad. Leop., Halle, 154. Cape Polecat, Bandiltis, ZoriUa, 
Zorrilla. Africa. 
Plasmodium flTG. — Blood. 
rouhaudi. — Senegal — T. h.. 
Ancylostoma 1387. — Intest. 
mephitis ^ Micheletti, 1929. — Afri- 
ca*.— T. h. 
Filaria t435, t449. 
martis. — Subcutaneous. — Transvaal. 
rhabdogalis. — Larva in peritoneum. — 
Egypt. 
Physaloptera t469. 
species Monnig, 1924. — Transvaal, 
S. Africa. 
Seuratum <459i. — Intest. 
tacapense. 
Haemaphysalis t869. — Ext. 
■jleachi. — Orange Free State; Rhode- 
sia. 
Ctenocephalides tl639. — Ext. 
connatus. — Cape Colony. 
Echidnophaga tl633. — Ext. 
br adyta. — Cape Colony. 
Trichodectes tllOC— Ext. 
ovalis. — S. W. Africa. 
Xenopsylla tl636.— Ext. 
erilli. — Cape Colony. 
#541 (540). Poecilogale Thomas, 1883, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 5th ser., v. 11, 
370, mt. alhinucha Gray, 1864. — Teeth 28 (rarely 30) (i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 
2/2, m. 1/1 (rarely 1/2)). Form weasel-like, very short on the legs as com- 
pared with the length of body; coloration similar to Ictonyx. Snout some- 
what rounded; auditory buUa flattened, so that it is hardly noticeable, 
opening of the meatus directed anteriorly. South Africa. 
#541 Poecilogale [Ictonyx \ Mustela ^] {Poecilogale) allbinucha (Gray, 1864, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, no. 5, 69, pi. 10 [Zorilla •]) Trouess., 1897c, Cat. 
Marom., v. 1, 259. SmaU striped pole cat of southern Africa, snake 
Muishond, snake Weasel, Slang Muishond (snake weasel). Central and 
southeast Africa, from Angola, Nyassaland, and German E. Africa to Natal 
and the eastern part of the Colony, 
Trichodectes fHOO.— Ext. 
ovalis. — Onderstepoort Transvaal. — T. h. 
#543 (536). Teeth not sectorial; upper carnassial enormous, with very large 
bicuspid talon; molar a little smaller than carnassial, triangular, its inner 
and anterior borders subequal as in melinae; lower carnassial with large 
cuspidate heel and large metaconid; occipital crest rising nearly vertically 
from mastoid, and nearly semicircular from posterior aspect. See #543. 
#543. TAXiDiiNAE Pocock, 1922, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 4, no. 55, Jan., 
835. — American Badgers. Feet broad and fossorial with long claws as in 
MELLivOBiNAE, but plantar pads narrower; a single smaU carpal pad remote 
from plantar pad; no metatarsal pad. No glandular pouch associated with 
anus. Ear with pinna well developed. See #544. 
#544. Taxidea Waterhouse, 1838, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 6 (71), 154, mt. 
labradoria Gmel. in Linn., 1788 so. (tsd. 1912; 1924) taxus Schreb., 1777. — 
American badgers. Teeth as in Meles, except that the rudimentary anterior 
premolar appears to be always wanting in the upper jaw; upper carnassial 
much larger in proportion to the other teeth; upper molar about same size 
as carnassial, triangular, with apex turned backward; talon of lower carnas- 
