466 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE A .YD PPiODUCTIONS. 



The wilil (log is saiil to kill evt-n tigers, though this is improbable, but Tlr. 

 Jerdon once caino on a tame cow buffalo which liad bccu killed by tlu m ; but 

 ' s;xnibur' and smaller game, including pigs, arc tlicir more usual jjrcy. 



Canis, Linikmts. 



C. ATJBEUS, L. 



Dentition, I. « ; C. i ; P.M. 2 ; M. g = 42. 



The Jackal. Myae-khwe. 



Colour rufous grey, the hairs mottled black-grey and brown. Tail reddish- 

 brown, with a dark terminal tutt. Individually tlu: colour varies greatly, there 

 being specimens in the Calcutta Museum pure white, coal black, and bright rufous 

 or cliestnut (Blyth, J.A.S.B. 18.58, p. 275). 



Ranges into Arakan as far south as the Naf Illvcr. In Burma it has been shot 

 about Prome, and Thayet-myo, but neither Mr. Blyth nor Dr. Mason would seem 

 to have met with it further south. I have myself seen it near Maulmain, but the 

 doubt exists if the pair I saw may not have been descended from specimens imported 

 for hunting purposes by some sporting members of the European community. This 

 is, however, unlikely, and Dr. Mason alludes to the existence of an animal which 

 makes its " kennel in the ground, like a fox or a jackal," in the " Shan country " 

 (upper Salwcen Valley ?), which may very likely be this animal. 



Family Viverridse. 



ViTEREA, Zinnceus. 

 Dentition, I. | ; C. -| ; P.M. f; M. f . 



A large anal pouch, which secretes an odorous substance called ' cirrf.' Pupil 

 vertical and oblong. An erectile mane along the back. Thumbs not remote. Does 

 not climb trees well. 



V. ZIBETHA, L. 



The grey civet cat, Khyoung-myen, or ' horse-cat,' of the Burmese, from its mane. 



Colour yellowish or hoary-giey, with black spots and stripes. Throat Avhite, 

 banded with black. Tail with six black rings. Limbs black or sooty. Mane distinct. 

 Sometimes the spotted markings are faint or obsolete. 



'Length of head and body 33 to 30 inches. Tail 13 to 20 inches (with hair). 

 This animal produces the odorous secretion called ' civet ' from a large subcaiulal 

 gland 2J inches in diameter. The animal is sometimes kept caged, and the odorous 

 secretion scraped out of its receptacle from time to time, for use by perfumers. Mason 

 says this animal is not so abundant in Burma as Viverricula. 



V. MEGAspiLA, Blyth (J.A.S.B. 1862, p. 331). 

 V. tangalmtga, Cantor. 



The large spotted civet-cat. 



Resembles V. ziletha in size, but the body-markings and spots large and black. 

 Blyth remarks, " I have seen Hat skins of this aninuil from Promo resembling those 

 which Dr. Cantor procured in Province Wcllesley, and one brought from Sumatra by 

 Sir Stamford RaiHes. It is nearly allied to V. eivettina, of S. Malabar, but very 

 ditferent from V. tanggalunga, Gray, of the Malay countries, which is a much smaller 

 animal, with more cat-like tail, and the spots of which are much smaller and more 

 numerous." 



Dr. Giinther gives the length of an adult from Penang (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, 

 pi. xxxvii. p. 427). Body and head, 360 ; tail 17'0 inches; total 4 feet 5 inches. 



Ranges from Prome to Penang. 



VrTERKiCTTLA, Hodgsou. 



Form longer than in Vivcrra, Thumbs remote. Climbs well. Anal pouch as 

 in Vivcrra. 



