. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 98 CAENIVOEA. Herpestes, and the anterior talon of pm. 4 is more strongly developed1. On the whole it appears that the present form is de- cidedly a viverrine; and presents well-marked affinities both with Viverra and Herpestes. In the tendency to the disappearance of m. 2 and the form of the upper carnassial there are indications of a transition to Prionodon and the musteline genus Plesictis, which presents viverrine affi- nities in the form of m. 1. Purchased, 1884. Genus VIVERRA, Dentition :
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 98 CAENIVOEA. Herpestes, and the anterior talon of pm. 4 is more strongly developed1. On the whole it appears that the present form is de- cidedly a viverrine; and presents well-marked affinities both with Viverra and Herpestes. In the tendency to the disappearance of m. 2 and the form of the upper carnassial there are indications of a transition to Prionodon and the musteline genus Plesictis, which presents viverrine affi- nities in the form of m. 1. Purchased, 1884. Genus VIVERRA, Dentition :—I. g, C. J, Pm. ^jj, M. |. The accompanying wood- cut (fig. 10) shows the characters of the upper dentition in the existing Viverra zibetha of India. Fig. Viverra Linn.—Palate. \. (From the 'Pakeontologia Indica.') 1 The mandible of the present form is much larger than that of Rerpestes minimus (woodcut, fig. 12, p. 101); and is also distinguished by the higher crowns of the teeth, the shorter ^"2, and the presence of a distinct anterior talon to m. 4. 2 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 63 (1766).. 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 Geology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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