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ward (in two Indian species they are reversed), and there are 
long, shaggy guard hairs on the body. Irregular lines of spots 
extend along the sides and back. White marks on the head in- 
clude a spot below the eye, white at the base of the ear, some- 
times uniting with the opposite side across the forehead, and a 
Fig. 41. Palm Civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus. 
white spot on the upper lip ; or all spots may be nearly absent. 
The rest of the face is blackish. The tail is blackish and almost 
unringed. 
Typically from southern India, P. hermaphroditus has a 
number of local races, including P. h. pallasii in Assam and 
upper Burma, P. h. laotum in Burma, Siam, Indo-China, 
Cochin-China, and Hainan, P. h. minor in peninsular Siam and 
the Malay Peninsula, P. h. cochinensis in Cochin-China, and 
P. h. exitus in southeastern China. The length of the head and 
