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Mammals of Eastern Asia 
Fig. 43. Owston's Banded Civet, Chrotogale ozvstoni. 
collected a number, informs me that they feed chiefly on earth- 
worms. 
A third genus, Diplogale, represents the Hemigalinse in 
Borneo. 
THE OTTER CIVETS (SUBFAMILY CYNOGALIN^) 
These Civets, with their flat heads, tumid, otter-like upper 
lips, and aquatic habits, are singularly like the Otters of the 
Weasel family. The shortness of the tail distinguishes them. 
One genus containing two species is known. 
Bennett's Otter Civet, Cynogale bennettii, of Borneo, 
Sumatra, and the Malay States, is brownish gray, grizzled with 
white ; the underparts are blackish brown. A spot on either side 
