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hair-brown on chin and throat. Tail like body, but darkening to a uniform 

 dull, blackish tip. 



Skull and Teeth.— Except for the differences in measurements, and a ten- 

 dency toward greater robustness, the skull and teeth essentially agree with 

 those of Paradoxurus leucomystax. 



Measurements. — External measurements of type : Head and body, 653 ; 

 tail vertebrae, 602; hind foot, 100 (96). External measurements of an 

 adult male (No. 124,279) from Telok Besar, Tenasserim: Head and body, 

 640 ; tail vertebrae, 565 ; hind foot, 99 (96). Skull of type : Greatest length, 

 126 (134)*; upper length, 116; condylobasilar length, 121 (133); basilar 

 length, 116.4 (127); palatilar length, 57 (63) ; width of palate including 

 molars, 41 (41.4) ; least width of palate between incisors and canines, 14 (16) ; 

 interpterygoid space, 27 x 14 (26 x 14.6) breadth of rostrum across roots of ca- 

 nines, 24; zygomatic breadth, 69 (70); constriction in front of postorbital 

 process, 25.4 (28.4) ; constriction behind postorbital process, 22.4 (22.4) ; 

 breadth of braincase above roots of zygomata, 41.4 (38) ; mastoid breadth, 

 45 (46.8) ; occipital depth, 30.4 (31.4) ; mandible, 94 (104) ; maxillary 

 toothrow exclusive of incisors, 44 (46) ; mandibular toothrow exclusive 

 of incisors, 50 (51). 



Specimens examined.— Four, two from Trong, Lower Siam, and two from 

 Telok Besar, Tenasserim. 



Remarks. — An immature male from Champang, Tenasserim (No. 124,021), 

 is not as pale as the others from the same general region, and may, perhaps, 

 represent the dark southern form. As it retains its milk dentition it is too 

 young to be definitely named. 



* Measurements in parenthesis are tliose of a young adult female (teeth slightly worn, 

 nasals distinct except posteriorly) P. leucomystax from Perak, Brit. Mus. No. 0. 2. 4. 3. 



