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External measurements about as in Genetta vistoricB Thomas, but soles and 
palms naked, and coloration radically different; skull slender, dentition weak,, 
the teeth about half the transverse diameter of the corresponding teeth in 
G. victorice. 
Entire upperparts uniform dark chestnut red, without trace of spots or bands; 
this color, in reduced intensity, extends over the underparts from the pectoral 
region to the base of the tail, lightening to dull red mesially with a slight mix- 
ture of whitish hairs along the midline of abdomen; head from muzzle poste- 
riorly and laterally to the eyes, pale fuscous brown with a tinge of reddish, 
broken by a pair of elongated spots of clear white between the eyes divided by a 
narrow fuscous band, and a narrower, more indistinct posterior pair between 
the anterior base of ears; a narrow black eyering; front and sides of muzzle and 
sides of head below eyes whitish, intensified to a clear white spot just below the 
anterior two thirds of each eye; ears exteriorly blackish, which color extends 
mesad over the lateral third on each side of the crown; ears nearly naked inter- 
nally and edged with long whitish hairs; chin and throat white, passing inte 
brownish posteriorly with scattered whitish hairs on the foreneck; tail entirely 
without annulations, heavily clothed with long black hairs, 45-50 mm. in length,, 
the heavy underfur pale brownish gray, about 25-30 mm. in length; fore and 
hind limbs dull slightly rufescent brown, passing into blackish brown on upper 
surface of feet. Rhinarium similar in contour to that of Genetta victorice, but 
about one half smaller. Soles and palms naked, the pads not enclosed nor sepa- 
rated by dense fur, as in Genetta and Civettictis, with the carpal pad greatly 
elongated as in Viverricula. Pelage long and dense, that of the tail especially 
so, its tail equal in size to that of the most heavy-tailed examples of G. victorice. 
Represented by the adult male type (skin and complete skeleton) and an 
imperfect native-made skin (without skull, feet, or tail), similar to the type in 
coloration, length of body, and in head-markings, except that the latter aro 
yellowish through staining instead of white. (Measurements and illustrations 
of the cranial and external characters and a colored plate of the animal will 
appear in the final report on the Congo Carnivora.) 
Xenogale gen. nov. 
Type, Xenogale microdon sp. nov. 
Toes 5-5; soles and palms furred; dental formula, relative size and general 
structure of the teeth as in Herpestes (s.s.); skull relatively short and broad, 
postpalatal region especially so; postorbital constriction deep and close behind 
the postorbital processes ; braincase short, proportioned about as in Ichneumia, 
very different in form from the braincase of Herpestes; tail short and thick, as 
in Ichneumia and Atilax, in contrast with the long slender tail of Herpestes, in 
which the heavily haired portion is restricted to the basal third. 
Xenogale presents a singular combination of characters. Exter- 
nally it strongly resembles Atilax, particularly in the texture and col- 
oration of the pelage, and in the field was mistaken for an Atilax, 
but in cranial characters and in dentition the two forms present little 
