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Sumatra in the want of the tuft, and in the colour of the 

 face : lastly, we have received from Siam a monkey quite 

 analogous to the Javanese variety of our Macaque, but 

 the tail of which is a little longer than in the latter. 

 Not having an opportunity of examining a complete series, 

 I am doubtful whether the slio-ht differences that exist 

 between the individuals of the Civets (Viverra zibetha) of 

 Java, of Sumatra, of Siam, of Borneo, and of Amboina, 

 which I have seen, are constant or accidental. Similar 

 reasons restrain me from announcing my observations on 

 the Viverra Lisang, of which we possess specimens from 

 Siam, Sumatra, and Java. The Paradoxurus typus is 

 spread over Bengal, Siam, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Am- 

 boina, Timor, &:c., and forms, in those different places, 

 numerous varieties, which are chiefly distinguishable by 

 the tint and distribution of the colours, but sometimes also 

 differ in size : in Sumatra, for example, the species is 

 stronger than in Java ; in Java stronger than in Timor, 

 &c. ;* there appears to exist in several places a variety 

 with a white tip to the tail ; and the individuals from 

 certain parts of the Island of Java have a pale j^ellow fur, 

 with three stripes down the back. The Sciurus bicolor 

 has a fur less variegated with white in Sumatra and 

 Malacca; in Java and in Siam it has the back of an 

 uniform blackish-browai. The Squirrel of Raffles has, 

 in Malacca and Siam, the body variegated with very pure 

 white : in the specimens from Borneo, on the contrary, 

 this colour is constantly mingled with a darker tint. 

 The numerous varieties of the Great Indian Squirrel 

 (Sciurus maximus) which inhabits Bengal, Malacca, and 

 Sumatra, are in a great measure accidental. I was never 

 able to establish any specific distinction between the 

 Tupajas of different parts of Asia, of which I have exa- 

 mined a number of individuals brought from the continent 

 of India, from Sumatra, from Borneo, and from Java ; 



* The series of specimens of this species which is exhibited in the 

 galleries of the Museum of the Low Countries, alone presents a special 

 object of study, and points out to us what materials are required for 

 giving a complete idea of a single species, when we desire to know 

 more than the name, and the principal distinctive characters. 



