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Show 138 PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE iELUROIDEA. [Feb. 7, 3. Paroccipital process applied to and, as it were, spread over the hinder part of the bulla. 4. Mastoid process never very salient, often obsolete. 5. Carotid canal small, sometimes very inconspicuous. 6. Condyloid fissure concealed. 7. Glenoid fissure extremely minute or absent. 8. Caecum short and simple, very rarely absent. 9. Bone of penis generally small and irregularly shaped. 10. Cowper's gland present. 11. A distinctly lobed prostate. Fig. 1. ( TELID^J v-y CHS^mocTmE /Civetta GenerttaV »U musmJM PHDTEEEUB VIVERRID £. y tporadosnrafl Herpe8te%r lArctictis \ Cynogale/^ In the above diagram the Herpestine genera are represented as somewhat separated by a constriction from the Civets and Para-doxures. In the text the author tells us1 "all the Herpestine members of the Viverrida (Cynopoda, Gray) present certain common characters of this region by which they can be readily recognized. The bulla is very prominent and somewhat pear-shaped, the larger, rounded end being turned backwards and somewhat outwards ; a well-marked transverse constriction separates the two chambers, which are directly anterior and posterior. . . . The Suricate presents the same essential characters in a very modified form." As to the Hyaenas, Professor Flower appears to hesitate somewhat as to whether they should form "a fourth primary division of 1 Loc. cit. p. 20. |