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white, blending into the color of the cheeks which are a grizzle of 

 dirty white and dull ))lack. A small ill-defined blackish spot is found 

 15-20 mm. posterior to outer canthus of e3^e. Area between e3'es and 

 line connecting anterior edges of ears an indefinite dirt}^ white with a 

 slight amount of the l)lackish of the bases and the tips of the hairs 

 showing. This dirty white color with almost no blackish showing 

 extends backward along the side of the head, under the ear and above 

 the dark clieek area and spot. Top of head, l)etween ears, an equal 

 indehnite mixture of dirty white and dull black. (In ParadoxunispJiU- 

 ippinejuiii this region is black.) Ears dull blackish on the outside and 

 with a few dirty white hairs on the inside. Anterior third of upper 

 parts of bod}^, top and sides of neck, an indefinite mixture of cream 

 buff and black, the underfur and basal 5 or G mm. of the hairs being 

 blackish, the middle 5 nun. of the hairs being cream Inifi', and the 

 terminal T) mm. Idack. The posterior two-thirds of the upper parts 

 and basal fourth of the tail is generally similar to the anterior por- 

 tion of the upper parts, but with the cream buff replaced by buff'. 

 A fairly well-defined median l)lackish stripe about T nun. wide is found 

 along the lower two-thirds of the back, on each side of which are 

 seven or eight ill-defined spots in a longitudinal row. Outer sur- 

 faces of thighs and upper portions of the forelegs similar in color 

 to the anterior third of the body. Fore and hind feet and terminal 

 three-fourths of tail dull black or l)rownish Idack. Chin, throat, and 

 anterior underparts and inner side of thighs and forelegs dirty white 

 or cream buff, the blackish bases of the hairs showing through every- 

 where. Rest of underparts, generally dark buffy. and the dark bases 

 of the hairs less conspicuous. 



Shdl and teeth. — The skull and teeth of Paradoxurus caiiescens are 

 a trifle smaller than they are in specimens of P. j)hilippirunsls from 

 Borneo. Many specimens of J\ Jierniaphrodltus from the Malay 

 Peninsula show that there is much variation in regard to size of skull 

 and teeth, so that the slightly smaller size of the Paradoxure from 

 Billiton may not be specific. 



Meamrements of the %;t^— Head and liody, 510 mm.; tail vertel)ra\ 

 385; hind foot with and without claws, 78, 75; greatest length of 

 skull, 99.3; upper length, 90.7; basal length, 93; basilar length, 90.5; 

 condylo-basal length, 98; palatal length, -13.7; z3^gomatic breadth, 57.2; 

 breadth of brain case above roots of zygomata, 33.6; interorbital con- 

 striction, 11.1; front of canine to back of last molar (alveoli), 30; 

 mandible, condyle to front of symphysis, 71.5: front of canine to back 

 of last molar (alveoli), 38.6. 



Speciniein< examined.— T\\x^^, all from Billiton; the type, an adult 

 male from Tanjong Batu, an adult female from the same place, and an 

 adult female from Bukit Menguru. 



