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h\ Bony palate extending more 



than half an inch behind 



the last \ip])er molai'S 



fc^ Teeth small ; no naked preanal or 



prescrotal tract 



6'. Sole at most half naked, tail ringed . 



B. — Ears tufted ; tail prehensile ; tarsus 



naked behind 



Gen. I. — ViVEKRA. 



V. Pagdma. 



VI. Arctogalidia. 

 VII. Hemigalus. 



VIII. Arctigtis. 



No. 45. zibetha, L. 



No. 46. civettina, Blyth. 



No. 47. megaapila, Blyth. 



Two names were recently given 

 by myself (J. B. N. H. S. 

 xxxiv, p. 64, 1915) to local forms 

 of zibelha. Further material seems 

 to show that one of these, 'pida, 

 cannot be maintained; the other, prvttiiosa, has to be added to the 

 marginal list. The four forms may be arranged in a key as follows: — 



Key to the forms of ViVERRA. 



_4. — No black stripe down the upper side of 

 the tail. 



a. A general fulvous tinge, due to 



the buff tips of all the hairs ... 1. z. zibetha, L. 



h. General colour a clear grey, due to 



the white tips of all the hairs ... 2. pruinosa, Wrought. 

 B. — A black line down upper side of tail. 



a. Large transverse dark marks on sides 3. civettina, Blyth. 



b. All spots, no transverse marks ... 4<. megaspila, Bljth. 



Distribution : — 



1. V. zibelha zibetha, 

 Linnaeus. 



V. zibetha pruinosa, 

 W rough ton. 



Ti/pe loGolity : — Bengal (Thomas, 

 P'. Z. S., p. 187, 1911). 



Other localities: — Nepal (B. M.) ; 

 Sikkim ; Darjiling ; Bhutan Duars ; 

 Chin Hills; Lower Chindwin (M.S.I.). 



Type : — Unknown. (Lectotype of 

 melaimra, Hodgs. B. N. No. 43. 1. 12. 

 25 ; type of civettoides, Hodgs. B. M. 

 No. 43. 1. 12. 23). 

 Type locality : — Tenasserim (B. N. 

 H. S.— Sho'rtridge). 



Other localities : — Siam ; Malay Pe- 

 ninsula (B. M.); Tenasserim; Shan 

 States (li. S. I.). 



Type :— B. M. No. 14.12.8.106. 



