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back. The internal lobe of the upper carnivorous tooth in the Ja- 

 vanese animal is also described as being anterior and very minute. 



Paguma. 



Denies primores £ cequales : laniarii -f 4- .* molares f £ '> quorum 



utrinque in maxilla superiori 3 falsi parvi compressi, 1 carni- 



vorus brevis obtuse 3-lobus cum processu interno centralis 2 tuber- 



culares subquadrati interne subangustati antice non producti ; 



in maxilla inferiore 4 falsi, 1 carnivorus, 1 tubercularis. Pedes 



postici plantigradi, ad calcaneum usque nudi callosi, Cauda longa 



attenuata. 



In the number and disposition of its teeth this genus agrees with 



Viverra, from which, however, it differs in their conformation. It 



is much like Ictides in colouring, but has about the face the pale 



marking of Paradoxurus : the skin has the odour of civet. From 



the genus Viverra it is distinguished by the shape of its skull, the 



cerebral cavity being in it much larger, the space between the eyes 



broader, and the nose much broader and shorter. The species was 



characterized in the following terms : 



Paguma larvata. Pag.grisea ; fascia albafrontali transversa, 

 alteraque longitudinali per frontem ad nasum duct a ; cauda 

 apice nigrescenti. 

 Gulo larvatus. Ham. Smith in Griff. TransL Cuv. Regn. An. ii. 

 p. 281, c. fig. /8*7 



Viverra larvata. Gray, Spic. Zool. p. 9. 



The third genus described was founded on a glirine quadruped, 

 nearly allied to the Bamboo-Rat (Mus Sumatrensis, Raffl. ?), with 

 which Mr. Gray associated it under the following characters. 



/"Rhizomys. 



Denies primores -f- maximi, elongati, triangulares, acutati: mo- 

 lares 4 ■§- radicati, subcylindrici, coronis transversim subparal- 

 lelim porcatis ; superiores interne lobati. Caput magnum. Oculi 

 parvi aperti. Auriculae nudce conspicuce. Corpus crassum sub- 

 cylindricum. Pedes breves validi, digit is 5 — 5. Cauda mediocris, 

 crassa, nuda. 

 In teeth and general appearance this genus is most nearly allied 

 to Spalax, from which it differs in its tail of moderate length, its 

 exposed eyes and ears, and the more complex character of its 

 molar teeth. The species of Rhizomys live moreover upon, and 

 not under, the ground, being found about Bamboo-hedges, on the 

 roots of which they principally subsist. The following were stated 

 to be the distinctive characters of the two species known. 

 Rhizomys Sinensis. Rhiz. pallide cinerascens unicolor. 

 Hab. in China. D. Reeves. 



Rhizomys Sumatrensis. Pallide fuscus, pilis raris albidis in- 

 terspersis ; corporis lateribus pedibusque saturatioribus ; . genis 

 pallidioribus, occipite nigrescenti lined longitudinali alba, pec~ 

 tore albido. 



