. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous, and edentate Mammalia in the British museum. Mammals. 54 TIYBBRIDJ;:. 6. POIANA. Head small; ears rounded. Body slender, elongate; fur soft, close, short, nearly uniform in length, spotted; no central dark vertebral linB. Legs rather short. Feet hairy, cat-like; toes 5/6, short; hind soles covered with hair; vrith a short narrovr naked line, forked below, and only reaching to the middle of the foot above. Claws retractUe. Tail cylindrical, black-ringed. Poiana, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 520. Hob. Africa. Very like Linsang in external appearance, but wi
. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous, and edentate Mammalia in the British museum. Mammals. 54 TIYBBRIDJ;:. 6. POIANA. Head small; ears rounded. Body slender, elongate; fur soft, close, short, nearly uniform in length, spotted; no central dark vertebral linB. Legs rather short. Feet hairy, cat-like; toes 5/6, short; hind soles covered with hair; vrith a short narrovr naked line, forked below, and only reaching to the middle of the foot above. Claws retractUe. Tail cylindrical, black-ringed. Poiana, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 520. Hob. Africa. Very like Linsang in external appearance, but with the feet of a Qenetta. Poiana Richardsoni. (Guinea Linsang.) Pale brown, black-spotted; spots on the back larger, square; spots on sides and feet smaller, rounded. Linsang Richardsoni, Oerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. p. 72. Vivei-ra genettoides, Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 89, 1853 ? Genetta Richardsoni, Thompson, Ann. N. H. 1842. Genetta poensis (jun.), Waterh. P. Z. S. 1838, p. 59. Poiana Richardsoni, Oray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 520. Hah. West Africa: Fernando Po {Thompson); Guinea {Temm.). Fig. Pbiana Richardsoni. Skull and teeth very like Unsang; but the brain-case is ovate and more ventricose. The orbits not defined behind, and confluent with the temporal 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 (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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