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Show 1882.] PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ALUROIDEA. 195 the Civets. The carotid canal is as in Herpestes ; and the artery enters the cranium by a well-marked foramen in the basis cranii. There is no foramen, fissure, or fossa on the floor of the auditory meatus. The palate is considerably prolonged behind the last molars. The angle of the mandible is rather short. Fig. 15. Soles of the paws of Cryptoprocta (after Alphonse Milne-Edwards). a. Manus; b. Pes. The teeth of Cryptoprocta are most feline. - more resembles the corresponding tooth of Felis than of Viverra; but - is elongated transversely as in Hyana striata, and more so relatively than in the Cats. - is cat-like, save that the talon is perhaps rather larger. - is also very feline. - is much larger than in the Cat, and two-rooted. There may be a small - . In the lower jaw w~l is like the last, save that it has a talon, p ^ is like the Cat's; but its talon is a little larger, p ^ is larger relatively than in the Cat. =-^ has two roots. In the milk-dentition, - is very much larger relatively than is M. i H^s (ag in t h e C a t ) h a s its posterior cusp less developed than in the permanent upper sectorial, and its internal cusp more posterior. The lower deciduous sectorial ^ has a smaller anterior cusp, and a more exterior talon than has the permanent sectorial. This is as in the Cat; though the difference as to the development of the talon between the deciduous and the permanent sectorial is less in Cryptoprocta. |
