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another whorl at the center of the pale chest patch. The color is 
black, sometimes slightly washed with buff ; the muzzle gray-tan 
above and below ; the claws usually black. 
Malay Bears are found throughout the Malay Peninsula, 
reaching Arakan and upper Burma, also possibly Szechwan. 
They occur also in Tonkin, Annam, Laos, and Siam. The typical 
locality is Sumatra. On Borneo the race H. m. euryspilus is 
found. 
SUBORDER AELUROIDEA (=FELOIDEA SIMPSON) 
THE CIVETS (FAMILY VIVERRIDS ) 
The Civets are aeluroid carnivores, distinguished from their 
distant relatives the Cats by their lengthened, fox-like muzzles, 
shorter limbs, and by the presence of five toes that all touch the 
ground when the animals walk. The number of teeth is greater 
than in the Cats. There is a tuft of whiskers beneath the chin. 
The viverrids, although relatives of the Hyaenas, for practical 
purposes need scarcely be compared with those animals, which 
do not occur in our area except as fossils. From all members 
of the Weasel family except possibly some of the Badgers and 
Otters they can be distinguished by their unshortened faces. 
They appear as a rule longer-legged than the Mongooses. The 
sizes of Civets vary from rather larger than House Cats to little 
greater than large rats. 
The viverrids fall naturally into six principal groups that can 
be treated for convenience as subfamilies of equal rank. These 
are the Linsangs, subfamily Prionodontinae, the True Civets 
and allies, Viverrinae, the Palm Civets and Binturong, Para- 
doxurinae, the Banded Palm Civets, Hemigalinae, the small- 
toothed Palm Civets, Arctogalidiinae, and the Otter Civets, 
Cynogalinae. The first, fourth, fifth, and sixth each contain but 
one genus in eastern Asia. The paradoxures and viverrines, on 
the contrary, each include several genera. 
