26 Miller Two New Carnivores from the Malay Peninsula. 



length the skull of Arctogalidia major exceeds that of A. stigmaticaby 3 mm. 

 in greatest breadth of rostrum and by 5 mm. in mastoid breadth. The 

 audital bullse are relatively larger in the larger animal, their greatest 

 length^ including paroccipital process, 23.4 mm. instead of 19.6 mm. As 

 compared with that of Arctogalidia leucotis the skull shows much the same 

 differences, though even more noticeably (see cranial measurements). The 

 teeth show no special peculiarities, though they appear to be relatively 

 smaller than in A. stigmalica. 



Measurements. External measurements of type: Total length, 1245J 

 head and body, 560 ; tail vertebrae, 685 ; hind foot, 97 (92). Skull : Great 

 est length, 118 (105)* ; upper length, 107 (95) ; condylobasilar length, 114 

 (101.4) ; basilar length, 109 (96) ; palatilar length, 62.6 (58) ; breadth 

 of palate between carnassials, 17 (15 X 4); breadth of posterior extension 

 of palate, 12.2 (9) ; breadth of rostrum across roots of canines, 21.8 

 (19.4) ; constriction in front of postorbital processes, 21.6 (17) ; constriction 

 behind postorbital processes, 17.2 (17) ; breadth of braincase above roots of 

 zygomata, 35, (36.2); mastoid breadth, 42.8 (37); mandible, 86.6 (80.4); 

 maxillary toothrow exclusive of incisors, 41 (37); upper incisor row, 10 

 (8.6) ; mandibular toothrow exclusive of incisors, 45 (40). 



Specimens examined. One, the type. 



Remarks. This species appears to be a large continental representative 

 of the widely distributed Arctogalidia ttigmatica group. It is the largest 

 known member of the genus, and the size of its skull is alone sufficient to 

 distinguish it. From the other species occurring on the Malay Peninsula, 

 A. leucotis, it is separable by color as well as by size, as the ears show no 

 tendency to develop the conspicuous white patch on distal half, and the 

 dorsal streaks retain their outline complete. 



Paradoxurus robustus sp. nov. 



Type. Adult female (skin and skull) No. 86,796, United States National 

 Museum. Collected in Trong, Lower Siam, February 13, 1899, by Dr. W. 

 L. Abbott. 



Characters. Like Paradoxurus leucomyslax from the southern part of the 

 Malay Peninsula, f but size not as great, and color not as dark. 



Color. Type: Upperparts a light dull buff, paler and clearer on sides, 

 somewhat tinged with russet over middle of back, the hairs everywhere 

 black-tipped, but the dark color very inconspicuous except on crown, neck, 

 and shoulders, where it produces an evident clouding. Back without 

 stripes or spots. Feet and ears blackish. Upper half of cheeks light buff, 

 clearer and more yellow than that of body, fading into buffy gray on fore 

 head and median line of muzzle. Sides of muzzle and lower half of cheeks 

 to and including eyes dark hair-brown, slightly grizzled with grayish buff. 

 Whiskers pale buff. Underparts and inner surface of legs dull buff, paler 

 and less yellow than that of Ridgway, somewhat darkened by a wash of 



* Measurements in parenthesis are those of a much older male Arctogalidia leucotis 

 from Red Point, Tenasserim ( No. 124,227). 



f The type of Paradoxurus leucomystax formed part of the Raffles collection, and was 

 therefore probably taken in this region or in western Sumatra. 



