Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals 173 
stripe lengthwise on each side of the long neck, and the shorter 
ears. The tail is circular-banded. The ground color varies be- 
tween whitish gray and light brownish gray, becoming creamy 
underneath. The length of the head and body ranges from 15 
to 16J4 inches, tail 13% to 16 inches, hind foot 2 to 2% 
inches. 
Banded Linsangs range from southern Burma and Siam 
south through the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra. A smaller race, 
P. I. gracilis, is found on Java and Borneo. The color pattern 
slightly resembles that of the Banded Palm Civet. 
The Spotted Linsang, Prionodon pardicolor, has the body 
pattern composed of several rows of large, squarish, black- 
brown spots on a ground color that varies from brownish on 
the upper parts to bright burly beneath. The spots become 
smaller and rounded on the limbs. Stripes are developed on the 
top of the head and neck, and encircling bands on the tail. The 
ears are rather large. The length of head and body varies from 
13V 2 to 151/2 inches, of the tail 12 to 14y 2 inches, of the foot 
2 to 2% inches. 
The Spotted Linsang is found from Sikkim, Nepal, and 
Assam through Burma to Yunnan, Laos, and Tonkin. This is 
a solitary animal, at home in the trees or on the ground. It is 
said to produce 2 young in holes in the trees. 
THE CIVETS AND LITTLE CIVETS 
(SUBFAMILY VIVERRIN.E) 
The Civets proper are to be distinguished from the para- 
doxures, hemigales, and Arctogalidise by the character of their 
feet, adapted for running instead of climbing; the central pads 
are full and stout but much less extensive. They can be distin- 
guished from the Mongooses, which have running-type feet, 
by their much larger and taller ears. Civets of both sexes have 
a peculiar scent pouch below the anus, from which the civet 
