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The following is a list of the names given at various times to the 

 .Indian toddy-cats, viz. : — 



1778. V. h-irmaphrodita, (Pallas), Schreb. Saiig., iii., p. 426. 



1820. V. 2?rehensilis, nigra and bondar, Desm. Mamm., pp. 208, 



210. 



1821. F. ti/pus, F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. :>ramm., pi. 186. 

 1828. r. leKcojms, Ogilb., Zool. Journ., iv., p. 300. 



1832. P. pallasi, pennanti, crossi, and limmltoni, Gray, P. Z. S., 

 pp. 65-68. 



1836. P. hirsutus, Hodgs., As. Res., xix., p. 72. 



1837. P. stridus, and qiiadriscriptus, Horsf., A. M. N. H. (2), 



xvi., pp. 105, 106. 



1841. P.felimis, Wag., Schreb. Saug., Supp. ii., p. 349. 



1855. P. (juinquelineatus, and musangoid£s, Gray, Ch. M. N. H., 

 i., p. 579. 



1864. P. nigrifrons, Gvaj, P. Z. S., p. 635. 



1891. P. niditatans, Tayl., J. B. N. H. S., vi., p. 



1910. P. vicinus, Schw., A. M. N. H. (8), vi., p. 230. 



1914. P. hennapkryditus ravus, Mill. Sni. Misc. Colls., Ixi., 21, 

 p. 2. 



The name liennapkrodAhis undoubtedly represents a Paradoxurus, 

 Irat is specifically indeterminable, and was recognised as such by 

 Desmarest so long ago as 1820. The habitat was given as " Bar- 

 barey". Of Desmarest's three names the first, prehensilis, is 1 

 believe not specifically recognisable, the habitat is said to be Bengal. 

 It is stated to be based on a drawing from a sketch by (?) 

 B. Hamilton. The second name, niger, answers the description of 

 the southern toddy-cat. Its despatch alive to Paris from Pondi- 

 cherry confirms this diagnosis. It is true that Desmarest adds : "On 

 la dit originaire des Molluques," but I attach little importance to 

 this, which was more than probably the vendor's attempt to enhance 

 the value of his goods. The third name, bondar, is again based 

 on a sketch from one of (?) B. Hamilton's drawings, also with the 

 habitat " Bengal ". I cannot place it at all certainly, and find it 

 safest to accept it as a synonym of niger, of which also the i//j.>us 

 of Cuvier is another, as are also leucopus, Ogilb., and niditatam, 

 Taylor, these being albino examples from Orissa. Gray's names, 

 pallasi, pennanti. crossi and hamiltoni, were all based on menagerie 

 specimens and but for the fact that the types of crossi and pallasi 

 are extant would all be indecipherable. These t\^es show that 

 crossi is the same species as Itirsutus, Hodgson and niger, Desmarest. 

 Horsfield's strictvs and qnadriscriptus represent the Assam form. 

 Wagner's felinns and Gray's nigrifron.<(, quinqvelineatus , and 

 mnsangljides, based on animals- in captivity^, are all equally beyond 

 recognition. ^liller's ravus represents the Tenasserim form. 



