Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals 175 
fingers, present in the Indian Civet, are absent in the present 
species. The system of spotting is much as in the Indian Civet. 
The length of the head and body is 30 to 32 inches, tail 13 to 15 
inches, foot 5 to 5% inches. The range, more restricted than that 
of the Indian Civet, extends from lower Burma across Siam to 
Indo-China and Cochin-China, and through the Malay Penin- 
sula. From 1 to 3 young are born. 
The Malay or Tangalung Civet, Viverra tcmgalunga, pat- 
terned much like other species, has a continuous longitudinal 
Fig. 40. Malay Civet, Viverra tangalunga. 
black band along the upper surface of the tail; the rings are 
separated by white only on its lower half, the number of rings 
on the tail being more than ten. The length of the head and 
body (female) is 26 inches, tail 14 inches, hind foot 4 inches. 
The Malay Civet occurs through the Malay States, Sumatra, 
Borneo, Philippines, and several lesser islands. 
The Little Civet, Viverricula indica, lacks the marked crest 
of hair along the middle of the back that is present in Viverra. 
It has the ears closer together, is definitely smaller, and has the 
tail shorter than has Viverra. The ground color is rather uni- 
form buffy gray and the pattern of blackish brown varies in 
boldness. This last is composed of about six rows of spots along 
each side of the body, those on the back partly coalescing to 
