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ZOOLOGIC A l4 LITERATUrtK. 
8. Mustela. This name is retained for the Weasels j ten species. The 
Ermine and Weasel of North America {M. noveboracensis, 31. cicognani, and 
M.pmillci) are not specifically different from those of Europe. Two sub- 
generic groups are indicated, viz. Gale (type M. vulgaris) and Neogale (type 
31. hrasiliensis). Zorilla albinucha, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 69, proves 
to belong to this genus, although it has the coloration of a Zorilla j therefore 
it forms a separate group, for which no name is proposed. 
4. Vison (Gray), with four species, referred to two subgenera, viz. Vison 
(type 31, vison) and Lutreola (type 31. lutreola). 
6 . Gymnopus (Gray). Four species are referred to it ; 3Lustda nudipes 
(Desm.) = Gymnopus kucocepJtalus (Gray), 3f. kathiah (Ilodgs.), 3£. striyi- 
dorsa (Hodgs.), and 31. africana (Desm.). 
B. Subplantigrade. Soles and between the pads hairy j tail short, bushy j 
anal glands none ; false grinders f . Gulonina. 
6. Gulo. 
C. Plantigrade. Soles of the hind feet bald, callous ; anal glands distinctj 
false grinders | ; tubercular grinders oblong, band-like, transverse. 
7, Galera. 8. Grisonia. 
Tribe 2. Lutrina. Head depressed. Feet normal, rounded ; toes webbed. 
Tail thick, tapering, depressed. Tubercular grinder oblong, transverse. 
A. Tail conical, entirely covered with hair. 
t The palms and soles of the feet bald between the pads. 
* The muzzle hairy j only the thin margin of the nostrils bald. 
9. Baranyia (g. n., p. 123), with two species ; hutra barang (F. Cuv.), 
the skull of which is figured j and J?. (P) nepalensis (sp. n., p. 124), known 
from a skull only. 
** The muzzle hairy between the nostrils^ upper and front edge 
of the nostrils bald. 
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10. Lontra (Gray), with three species. 
*** The muzzle bald, band-like between the front and upper edge 
of the nostrils. Orbit defined by a conical process behind. 
a. Toes thick, webbed to the claws, sharply clawed ; pads of toes 
and palm large, close together. 
11. Lutraf with six species, of which L. monticola (Ilodgs.) and L. ma- 
crodus (sp. n., p. 128) from Brazil are united in a subgenus, Lutrogale. 
12. Nutria (g. n., p. 128), distinguished from Lutra on account of its 
short and broad skull 3 type Lutra felina (Molina) =X. chinensis (Benn.) = 
L. calif ornica (Gxdy)=L. 2 )latensis (Waterh.). 
/3. Toes bluntly or imperfectly clawed. 
13. AonyXj with four species. 
tt The palms and soles of the feet slightly hairy between the pads ; 
the two inner hinder toes with a band of hair on the inner side of the under 
surface. Muzzle bald, transverse. 
14. Hydrogale (g. n., p. 131) ; type Lutra //ruyi (Verreaux) = ? Z. ?««- 
cuhcollis (Licht.) ) skull figured. 
ttt Balms and soles of feet hairy between the pads. INluzzle bald 
between the nostrils, and produced into an angle on the upper edge. 
