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and cheeks dull, buffy ^ray; feet broccoli-brown, scarcely darker than 

 leg^s; tail dull blackish on terminal half, except for a white ring 30 mm. 

 wide, SO nun. from tip; on basal half the black gradually gives place 

 to the ochraceous-buti'; dorsal markings normal, the clear bhick longi- 

 tudinal stripes extending onto base of tail, where, however, they 

 become broken up into spots. Beyond the lateral stripe a second band 

 is indicated by a row of spots, and beyond this the sides are irregularl}'^ 

 spotted, especially at shoulder and in front of thigh. 



Skidland ieeth. — Although similar in its structural details to that of 

 Paradoxuriis hermaphroditus^ the skull is larger, the rostrum and pal- 

 ate are broader, the audital bullse are distinctly smaller and less inflated. 

 Teeth as in the related species, but larger throughout. 



Mecmurements. — For external measurements see table, page 271. 

 Skull of type: Greatest length, 114 (112)«mm.; upper length, 102.8 

 (98.0); condylobasilar length, 109 (109); basilar length, 102.6 (104); 

 palatilar length, 49.6 (50); breadth of palate between anterior molars, 

 23 (21); breadth of rostrum through roots of canines, 23 (21); zygomatic 

 breadth, 65.4 (65); constriction in front of postorbital processes 19.4 

 (18.8); constriction behind postor})ital processes, 9.4 (12); breadth of 

 braincase above roots of zygomata, 32 (34); mandible, 84 (83); maxil- 

 lary toothrow (exclusive of incisors), 42.4 (41); mandibular toothrow 

 (exclusive of incisors), 48 (46.4). 



Specimens examined. — Three, all from Pulo Kundur. 



Remarks. — This species is readily distinguishable from Paradoxurus 

 hermaphi'oditvs hy its brown feet, a character to which I find no 

 approach in a series of about fifty specimens. The cranial characters 

 may be of less importance, though the skull of the type can not be 

 matched among mmierous skulls of P. hev)iiap>hr(>dltitf<. collected b}' 

 Doctor Abbott. The three skins show" no variations worthy of special 

 note. 



Family MUSTELID.E. 



AONYX CINEREA (Illiger). 



Two clawless otters have been taken in the Archipelago, an adult 

 female shot among the mangroves on Great Karimon, May 28, 19()3, 

 and a young male (no. 123068) caught by natives ofl' Pulo Sebang, 

 July 31, 1903. Their measurements are, respectively: Head and body, 

 468 mm.; tail, 270; hind foot, 89; and head and body, 330; tail, 180; 

 hind foot, 70. 



^Measurements in parenthesis are those of an older male P. hermaphroditus from 

 the Rumpin River, Pahang (no. 115487), the largest in an extensive series from the 

 mainland. 



