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Show 1868.J DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE CANID.E. 523 ReSen^fi T 2e-6^} V*0erH**t* Temw" Fauna JaP0U* l* 8 5 Schrenck, Nyctereutes procyonoides, Gray, List of M a m m . B. M . 62 • Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of M a m m . 89. Hab. China? Japan (Reeve) ; Amoorland. II. Aberrant Canidae, or Viverrine Dogs. Upper sectorial grinder short, triangular, as wide as long,- tubercular grinders ~. Tail short, straight, bushy, not reaching to the heels. Subfam. 4. MEGALOTINA. Teeth 46 • molars g; premolars g. Sectorial grinders g, small; upper triangular, with a broad internal lobe; lower compressed. Tubercular molars f=jj; upper oblong transverse; lower four-sided, front lower largest, last lower least, the rest subequal. Skull elongate ; nose slender, elongate. Temporal muscles separated by a broad flat crown to the occiput, which is formed with a raised edge. The three first upper grinders are compressed ; the front one in the middle of a wide space, very small ; the hinder premolar triangular, about as long as broad, and the three following oblong transverse, the two front subequal, and the hinder smaller; the lower premolars compressed; the flesh-tooth small, with a fine tubercle; these teeth become worn down with a flat crown. 16. MEGALOTIS. Forehead and crown flat, broad, with a raised margin, and separating the temporal muscles to the occiput. Skull elongate; face very long, tapering. Teeth 48. Grinders-. Premolars f=|. Sectorial j-J, small; upper triangular, with a broad internal lobe; lower compressed. Tubercular molars |=?; front lower largest, last lower least, the rest subequal. Megalotis, Blainv. Ann. Franc, et Etrang. d'Anat. i. t. 8. f. 1, 1 a, b (skull and teeth). Agrodius, H. Smith, 1839. Otocyon, Licht. MEGALOTIS LALANDII. B.M. Canis megalotis, Desm. Mamm. Suppl. 538; Blainv. Osteog t 1 (skeleton), t. 4 (skull). C. lalandii, Desm. Diet. Class. d'H. N. iv. 18, t. Megalotis lalandii, Gray, Griff. An. Kingd. t. 54. Otocyon caffer, Licht. O. lalandii, Gerrard, Cat. of B. of M a m m . 90. The Fennec of Delalande, Griffith, A. K. ii. p. 372, t. 54 (from Mus. Paris.). Hab. South Africa; Cape of Good Hope (Lalande). |