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Trong, which apparent!}- is found 

 at any rate in S. Tenasserim. 

 No. 53. aureus, F. Cuv. There seems no reason for any 



No. 54. jerdoni, Blanf. change in these two well marked 



species. The following may be 

 substituted for Blanford"s key to 

 the genus, viz. : — 



Key to the species of Paradoxurus. 



,1. — Pattern of dark markings on a pale 

 ground. 

 a. Back and sides not, or only obscurely, 



striped and spotted ... ... 1. crossi, (^ray. 



/'. Back and sides distinctly striped and 

 spotted. 

 11^. Smaller, hindfoot 75-80 mm., great- 

 est length of skull 105-110 mm.; 

 ground colour grey ... ... 2. 94i'/e/', Desmarest. 



/''. Larger, hindfoot 80-90 mm., great- 

 est length of skull 115-120 ram. 

 iC". Ground colour fulvous ... 3. .sfn'cf its, Horsfield. 



/''. Ground colour dull or buffy 

 white, 

 a^ Crown of head black ... 4. hirmanicus, 



Wrought. 

 />\ No black crown ... ... 5. rat;?ts, Miller. 



B. — Pattern a uniform colour. 



a. General colour dull rusty red ... G. aureus, F. Cuvier. 



h. General colom' dark brown ... ... 7. jerdoni, Blanf. 



Distribution : — 



1. P. crossi. Gray. Type locality : — Unknown, (me- 



nagerie specimen). 



Other localities : — Nepal; Dekhan 

 (Sykes) ; Central India ; Rajpu- 

 tana (B. M.) ; Rohilkund (M. S. I.) 



Type :— B. M. No. 78 a. (Type 

 of hirsutus. Hodo-son B. M. No. 43. 

 1,12.119. ; Type of niqrifrons, 

 Gray, B. M. No. 42. 10. 5.' 2.) 



2. P. aiger, F. Cuv. Type locality : — Pondicheri. 



Other localities : — Madras (Jer- 

 don) ; Ceylon (B. M.) Satara ; 

 Dharwar ; Kanara ; Mysore ; Coovg 

 (M. S. I.). 



