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Genus VIVERRICULA Hodgson 



VIVERRICULA PALLIDA Gray 



Vivcrrlrula imllida Gray, Ilardwicko's Illiist. Indian Zoo]., vol. 2, 1S33, p. 34, 

 pi. 6 (China, probably near Canton, Kwangtung). 



Specimens. — Four: 2 from Futsing, Fukien; a skeleton only from 

 Nanking, Kiangsu; and 1 from Suifu, Szechwan, 



I agree with Allen (1912) in doubting the validity of the race 

 ■filchner-i Matschie, as the characters which were ascribed to it are not 

 such as are reliable. The flat skin without skull from Suifu is more 

 ochraceous than that of Fukien, and the tail is not only shorter but 

 the hairs of the dark rings are broadly tipped with brown over the 

 middorsal part. Great variation in color is known to occur in this 

 genus, however. 



Genus PAGUMA Gray 



PAGUMA LARVATA YUNALIS Thomas 



Paguma larvata yunalis Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 8, 1921, 

 p. 017 (Yenyuensien, Yunnan. China). 



Spechnens. — Six: 1 from Wahsin and 3 from Suifu, Szechwan; 

 and 2 from an altitude of 10,500 feet in the Likiang Mountains, 

 Yunnan. 



The sijigle adult from Szechwan is quite pale and on this char- 

 acter might be referred to the next race. The terminal four-fifths 

 of the tail of the Suifu juvenile is solid black, while that of the 

 Wahsin example, which is equall}' young, is grayish buffy and with- 

 out any black at all. 



PAGUMA LARVATA RIVALIS Thomas 



Pagumu larvata rivalis Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. §, 1921. p. 

 018 (Ichang, Yunnan, China). 



Specimen. — One from Yochow, Hunan. 



This pelt is more tawny than any others of the genus at hand and 

 the black of the nape is represented merely by a slight sootiness in 

 this region. It is undoubtedly different from the other specimens 

 available and closer to the description of rivalis. Whether it is iden- 

 tical Avith tlie latter can not be established at this time. 



Genus HERPESTES Illiger 



HERPESTES CANCRIVORA HANENSIS (Matschie) 



Urva, hanemis Matschie. Wi.><sens. Erg. Exped. Filchuer China und Tibet, 

 vol. 10, pt. 1, 1908, p. 190 (Hankow, Hupeh, China). 



Specimens.— T\\v&Q : Ningpo, Chekiang, 1 ; and Futsing. Fukien, 2. 



I can see no reason for according Urva more than subgeneric rank. 



About the eye and thence extending to the muzzle of these specimens 



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