02 VITERBID.E. 



The following table may facilitate the determination of the species 

 in the Museum from their external appearance : — 



a. Fur thick; very hairy, i-iyid, not striped, without any spots 



under the eyes. Paguma leucomystax. 



b. Fur very thick, long, with longer rigid hairs, not striped or 



spotted, hut tuith a spot under the eye. Paguma Grayi, Pa- 

 radoxurus bondar. 



c. Far thick, soft, with longer rigid hairs, ivith a spot \mder the 



eye. Paradoxurus hermaphroditus. 



d. Fur very thick, close, soft, of nearly uniform length, with a 



spot under the eyes ; cheek whitish, ivith small dark spots. 

 Paradoxurus Crossii, Paguma larvata, Paradoxurus philip- 

 pensis, P. nigrifrons, P. musanga, and P. dubius (cheek: 

 dark). 



e. Fur soft; back striped; with no spots under the eyes or on 



the face. Arctogale trivirgata. 



f Fur soft, thick, close ; back spotted; ivith two yellow sp)ots on 

 the shoulder. Nandinia binotata. 



g. Fur very soft, of a uniform colour, with no spot under the eye 

 or on the face. Paradoxurus zeylanicus. 



10. NANDINIA. 



Nose conical ; underside flat, with a distinct central groove. 

 Frenum covered with hair (?). Nose of skull compressed, produced. 

 The brain-case rather constricted in front behind the orbit. The 

 orbit incomplete, with a well-marked acute process from the fore- 

 head, and none from the zygomatic arch behind. The forehead flat, 

 rhombic; produced, angular behind the orbit. Palate wide behind. 

 Teeth 40 ; false grinders | . f ; flesh-tooth elongate, narrow, 

 with a small internal lobe on the front edge ; the hinder tubercular 

 very small, circular. 



The skull is figured by De Blainville (Osteogr., Viverra, t. 6) as 

 that of Paradoxurus ? Hamiltonii. 



Nandinia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 529. 



Nandiuia binotata. (Nandine.) B.M. 



Nape with three black parallel streaks, one from the forehead, 

 the other from the ears. Back with numerous black spots. Withers 

 each with a yellow spot. Lips, throat, and beneath rufous grey. 

 Legs grizzled, not spotted. Tail elongate, tapering, with many 

 narrow black rings; end blackish. Length 23 inches, tail 19 

 inches. 



Nandinia binotata, Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 54 : P. Z. S. 1804, 



p. 530. 

 Viven-a h'moiSita., PcinirarcU, MS. : Gray. Spic. Zool. p. 9. 



