MAMMALIA. 19 
Om*45 j height in the scapular region 0™-35. Obtained at an altitude of 1600 
metres. 
VlVERRIDiE. 
^ Dr. J. E. Gray has given a complete revision of the genera 
and species of this group, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864 ; in the 
division of the species into genera, and also in the distinction of 
the species, he has been essentially assisted by the examination 
of the skulls which have been collected by him in the course of 
the last thirty years. However, he has found at the same time 
that the skull and the teeth are quite as liable to vary in form 
in each species (within certain limits, these limits being different 
in the various species) as any other part of the animal. He 
has recognized the form and mobility of the toes as an important 
character, which is used to divide the whole group into two 
sections. All the genera and most of the species are charac- 
terized by a diagnosis ; and many have descriptions and figures 
of the skulls added. The number of species distinguished is 
111 ; they are referred to 36 genera and 12 groups. The 
arrangement is the following : — 
I. Cat-footed Vi\teiirines. ^luropoda. 
Toes curved, arched, hairy, webbed ; claws sharp, retractile. 
A. Typical. Diyitigrade. The underside of the feet hairy, except the pads, 
metatarsus, and sometimes a small paid; of the tarsus. Upper flesh-tooth 
elongate; upper tubercular grinder small, transverse. Nose short; underside 
flat, with a central groove. Vimfracea. 
1. Body robust; tubercular grinders y, y; back of tarsus hairy. Viver” 
rina. 
Proteles (Geoffr.), Viverra (L.), Bassaris (Licht.), Viverricula (Hodgs.) 
2. Body robust ; tubercular grinders y, y ; underside of the tarsus with 
a narrow naked streak. Genettina. 
Gcnetta (Cuv.), Fossa, g. n., p. 518, typical species Viverra fossa (Schreb). 
—Fossa dauhentonii (Gray). 
3. Body slender, elongate ; tubercular grinders Frionodontina. 
Prionodon (Horsf.) ; Poiana, g. n., p. 520, typical species Genetta richard-* 
sonii (Thomps.), which is the adult animal of Genetta poensis (Waterh.): this 
genus is distinguished from Prionodon in having a narrow naked streak on 
the back of the tarsus. 
B. Aberrant. Sidyplantiyrade. The underside of the toes and more or less 
of the back of the tarsus naked, callous. Flesh-tooth strong, upper tuber- 
cular grinders large, broad. 
1. Nose produced ; underside convex, hairy, without any central longi- 
tudinal groove ; hinder part of the tarsus bald, callous. Face produced, Cy- 
nogalina. 
Cy nogale (Gray). > 
2. Nose short, underside flat, with a central groove ; the hinder part of 
the tarsus hairy to the palm ; the tail bushy. GaUdiina. 
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