. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate Mammalia ... in the ... Museum. 54 VIVKERlD^^i. 6. POIANA. Head small; ears rounded. Body slender, elongate ; fur soft, close, short, nearly uniform in length, spotted; no central dark vertebral line. Legs rather short. Feet hahy, cat-like ; toes 5/5, short; hind soles covered with hair; with a short narrow naked line, forked below, and onlj^ reaching to the middle of the foot above. Claws retractile. Tail cylindrical, black-ringed. Poiana, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 520. Ifab. Africa. Very like Linsang in external appearance, but with the f
. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate Mammalia ... in the ... Museum. 54 VIVKERlD^^i. 6. POIANA. Head small; ears rounded. Body slender, elongate ; fur soft, close, short, nearly uniform in length, spotted; no central dark vertebral line. Legs rather short. Feet hahy, cat-like ; toes 5/5, short; hind soles covered with hair; with a short narrow naked line, forked below, and onlj^ reaching to the middle of the foot above. Claws retractile. Tail cylindrical, black-ringed. Poiana, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 520. Ifab. Africa. Very like Linsang in external appearance, but with the feet of a Genetta. Poiana Richardsoni. (Guinea Linsang.) Pale brown, black-spotted; spots on the back larger, square; spots on sides and feet smaller, rounded. Linsang Richardsoni, Gerrard, Cat. Boties B. M. p. 72. Yivei-ra geiicttoidi's, Tmiin. Eaq. Zool. p. 89, 1853? Genetta 1-vichardsuni, Tlwmpson, Ann. N. H. 1842. Genetta poensis (jun.), Waterh. P. Z. S. 1838, p. 59. Poiana Ilichardsoiii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 520. Hah. West Africa: Fernando Po (jTAow^jsoh); Gvinen. {Temiu.). Fit?. Poiana Piclia) chont Skull and teeth very like Linsang; but the brain-case is ovate atid more ventricose. The orbits not deiincd behind, and confluent with the tenipofal cavity; zygomatic arch stronger. The nose is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum. Department of Zoology. [Mammals]; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London
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