arson Collected Southwest Africa Molepolo/e-Bech. Bushy Tailed Mier Kat Genus species - Cynictis penicillata Tribe - Herpestini Subfamily - Herpestinae Family - Viverridae Superfam - Feloidea Suborder - FISSIPEDA Order - CARNIVORA Example Specimen, Jan. 20, 1931 # KM. 14085 Fort Beaufort, C.P., J.K. Turnbull, H.B.-380, TT-260, HF-75, Egr-42 Description - from Sclater Head - General color yellowish brown to pale yellowish grey; hair on the body soft and short, fur slate at the base then light yellow, the tips of the longer hairs ringed brown and white, below paler white; head like the back; chin and throat white; ears dark brown posteriorly but with white hairs along the margin. Limbs somewhat pale, claws very dark, gives to fore, four to hind limbs; tarsus hairy behind the toe pads; tail about as long as the body without the head, covered with long thickset hairs giving it a somewhat distinctive, bushy appearance. Tail hairs yellow at the base and tip with a broad black band between; tail tip usually white; iris of eye bright red. Skull resembling that of H. gravis but a little larger with a more inflated bulla, having a vacuity in its floor; lower jaw with 4 premolars.