4G8 nriiMA, ITS i'i:nPLi-: .\xn I'lionrcrfox^^. 



r. (iracilis I am only ac([u;uiit(.il by dcsoriijtioii and figures. Juilging by those, ilin 

 principal ditferpnee in the colouration is, that in P. gracilis the pale tint prevails very 

 much more than in 1'. maculosan, the iipp(>r parts of the former being marked by 

 iiTcgularly-shaped blackish spots on a pale ground, whereas tlie upper surface of the 

 latter is dark, with a few white streaks dividing the colour into patches. On the tail 

 of F. gracilis tlie dark rings are rcprestratod as narrower, and, towards the tip, mucli 

 narrower than the wliite rings, and there is a long white tip. In P. maculosus the 

 dark tail rings are nearly twice as broad as the liglit, and the white tail tip is very 

 short, sliorter tlian the last dark ring. The distribution of colour on the head also 

 appears different, the whole nasal region in front of the eyes being dark in. P. macu- 

 lo.siis, but not in the figure of P. gracilis. Tlie more important dimensions of 

 P. (/racil/s as given by Horsfield are : length of the tiodv from the extremity of the 

 nose to the root of tlie'tail 1ft. 3iin. ; length of tail Ift. Ain." 



Paradoxueds, F. Curicr. 



Five toes on all feet, connected by a web. Claws semiretraclile. Pupil elliptic', 

 vertical. In some species a glandular fold exists near the anus, which secretes a 

 peculiar substance, devoid of the odour of ' civet,'' bat no tlistiuet odoriferous pouch. 

 Diet mixed. Climbs well. 



P. Geayi, Bonnet. 

 P. Nipalcnsis, Hodg. 



Colour above light unspotted fulvous brown, in some lights ashy, hcncath paler. 

 Limbs ashy, darker towards the feet, which are black. Tail same ccilour as bodj-, tlio 

 end dark, wliite-tipped. Ears and face black. Forehead, nose-streak, and subucular 

 band, whitish. 



Length of head and body 30 ; tail 20 inches. 



Ranges as far south as the Arakan Hills. 



A specimen described by Hodgson in Nipal was very cleanly in its habits, and 

 devoid of unpleasant smell ; but when irritated, was capable of producing a shocking 

 stench, by the discharge of a thin yellow fluid from two pairs of pores situated on 

 each side of the anus. It preferred boiled rice and fruit to flesh, offered to it, but 

 preferred to anything, birds if captured by itself, in which it was wonderfully expert, 

 darting on them, from its feigned sleep in a corner, with unerring aim. 



The ' carnassicr ' tooth of this species is shorter than in other Paradoxures, and 

 it has been ranged by some as a Paguma. 



P. musanga, F. Cuv. 



The common Paradoxure. Khyoung-won-baik. 



Colour brownish-black, with some dingy yellowish lateral stripes, sometimes 

 obsolete. The forehead sometimes white-banded, and a white spot above and below 

 each eye, and usually a black median nasal streak. The colour, however, is subject 

 to much variation. The tail is yellowish-white towards its termination. Belly some- 

 times marked with elongated white spots. 



Occasionally the tail is spirally distorted, so that the underside, towards its tip, 

 is uppermost, and on an individiuil peculiarity of this sort the generic name of ^Para- 

 doxiirus^ or 'screw-tail' was based, according to Blyth. 



Length of head and body 22 to 25 ; tail 19'5 to 21 inches. 



Common in Burma, the Andaiuan Islands, the JIalay countries, India, and Ceylon. 



P. TiiiviitGATrs, Tem. 



The three-striped Paradoxure. Khyoung-na-ga. 



Colour grey, witli three dark streaks. Fur soft and silky. 



Head and body 26-5 ; tail 27 inches. 



"This animal is very common, and occasionally enters houses in the town in 

 pursuit of rats. When young, it is easily domesticated, and valuable as a I'atcatclier." 



llanges into Tenasserim from the Jlalay countries, and has been shot by myself 

 in the Arakan Hills near JS'ioung-ben jo on the Saudoway Eoad. 



