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Show 174 PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ALUROIDEA. [Feb. 7, and outer tubercle and a posterior cingulum) added on behind it. g-j is like g-Hp and j^, is like p-2, with a small basal anterior cusp added. ^ is like p-^, only with rather more talon; but ^~g is a quite extraordinary tooth : it is like g-^ of Genetta, with the addition of an enormous talon bearing five tubercles, three external and two internal ; it is like both YI an& M71 °^ ^ e Perraa,ieiit dentition ankylosed together, only the three anterior cusps are not in the same antero-posterior line as they are in p-^. I can find no record as to the existence of any prescrotal gland, or Fig. 12. di cli d,3 cl 4 Milk-teeth of Cynogale. A. Grinding-surface of upper series, with the addition of d4 twice tbe natural size. B. Side view of upper series. C. Side view of lower series. D. Grinding-surface of lower series. E. Fourth lower molar, twice the natural size. as to the condition of its anal region. De Blainville says that "la langue est garnie de papilles cornees," that the large intestine is 6 inches long, tbe caecum 6 lines, and the small intestine 4 inches. Cynogale, so far as known, agrees with Viverra in the characters before given, except as regards nos. 23, 24, 35, 37, 40, 43, 44, 47, 55, and 56. The characters of this small third section of the Viverrine subfamily may be thus drawn out:- |