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OSTEOLOGICAL GALLERY. 
[Case 5.] 
The Aal•(l-^^ olf [Proteles ciistatus), although in many respects 
allied to tiie Ilvtcnas, yet differs in a most remarkable manner in 
Fig. 33. 
its dentition and strength of jaus, the molar teeth being almost 
rudimentary and the cranial crests entirely absent. 
The Civer-Cats and Mongooses together form the next family, 
the Viverrid(B (Case 4, upper parts of Divs. E & F). They are in 
all respects less highly specialized for carnivorous habits than the 
Feliclce, tlieir teeth being more numerous* and far weaker than 
those of Cats. The most remarkable members of the family are 
the Foussa [Crijptoprocta ferox) of Madagascar; and Eupleres 
(joudoti, from the same island, which has teeth very much reduced 
in size, so as to resemble those found in the Order Insectivora. 
Tliere are also skeletons of the Spanish race of the well-known 
Egyptian Alungoose (Herpestes ichneumon), of the African Civet 
(Viverra civetta), of the Philippine Palm-Civet [Paradoxurus 
pkilijypinensis), and others. 
The Canidce, or Dog tribe (Case 5, Divs. A to D), are all very 
much alike in their osteological and dental characters ; their skulls 
are more elongated than those of the Cats, and their teeth (fig. 27) 
more numerous and less highly specialized. Not having the power 
of retracting their claws, their tae-bones have none of the peculi- 
arities of those of the Cats, but otherwise the bones of the skeleton 
arc generally similar. 
The teeth are usually 42 in number, viz. I. C. Pm. i\I. 
Ill one species, Icticyoii venaticus, there are 38 only ; while in 
another, the Long-eared Fox of South Africa [Otocyon megalotis) , 
