180 Mammals of Eastern Asia 
This is an animal of the dense forests, chiefly arboreal and 
nocturnal. When the Binturong descends branches head first, 
the prehensile tail is used as an extra hand. It eats fruit, eggs, 
small animals, and birds. It is found from northeast India, upper 
Burma, and Indo-China south to the Malay Peninsula, and 
on the Islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Palawan. A 
weakly distinguishable race, A. b. albifrons, meaning "with the 
forehead white," is found in Tonkin. 
the three-striped or small-toothed palm civet 
(subfamily arctogalidiin^e) 
Only the genus and species Arctogalidia trivirgata with its 
allies belongs in this subfamily. The ground color varies from 
reddish gray to ashy gray, and the underparts are whitish. The 
pattern is longitudinal; two or three rows of weakly defined 
spots appear on each side of the back, and a white streak on the 
nose. The feet are adapted for climbing as'in the paradoxures, 
but the pads of the third and fourth hind toes remain separate. 
The tail, longer than the head and body, tapers only very 
gradually and is colored like the body. The ears may be 
black or tipped with white. The scent pouch, located in 
front of the genital opening, is present in the female only 
(Pocock). 
The typical form from the Malay Peninsula has the ears 
tipped with black; all others have the tips white in varying 
degrees. The race A. t. leucotis (white-eared) is found in Ten- 
asserim, lower Burma, and in Siam and Laos ; a more northerly 
race, A. t. millsi, ranges across Assam and the Chindwin region ; 
A. t. major is from peninsular Siam, Laos, and Tonkin, and 
A. t. millcri from Indo-China. Several island races occur. 
The length of head and body is from 19 to 21 inches, tail 20 
to 24 inches, hind foot 3% to 4 inches (in A. t. major the length 
of the head and body is as much as 27 inches). 
