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MAMMALS OF THE PACIFIC WORLD 



appearance. The amount of speckling differs widely; some 

 specimens are almost black, others straw-colored. The head is 

 always more heavily speckled than the body, and the ears are 

 conspicuously tufted. The binturong is chiefly arboreal, and 

 uses its prehensile tail in climbing. It ranges through south- 

 eastern Asia and from Sumatra to Borneo, Java, and Pa- 

 lawan. 



The Small-toothed Palm Civet {Arctogalidia trivirgata) is 

 tawny-colored and has a softer coat than any of the preceding. 



Fig. M— Small-toothed Palm Civet 



The head is usually darker and the underparts lighter than the 

 back. A narrow white streak extends from the forehead to 

 the nose. An indistinct dark line runs along the back from the 

 crown to the tail, and in some of the forms two other lines par- 

 allel the median line; in some specimens these last lines may be 



