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molars. The tip of the tail in the single specimen in the Museuna 

 is black, not white as described and figured by Blanford. 



a. Skin, skull Ootacamund, 2-88 J.Ross. 



Paradoxurus aureus. 



Paradoxurus aureus, F. Cuvier Mem. Mus. Paris, ix, p. 48, pi. iv (1822) ; 



Blanford P. Z. S., 1885, pi. 1, p. 802 ; id. Mammals, p. no. 

 Paradoxurus zeylanicus, Kelaart Prod. Faun. Zeylan. p. 39 (1852) ; Blyth 



J. A. S. B., XX, pp. 161, 184; id. Cat, p. 47; Gray Cat. Cam. 



Mamm., p. 64. 

 Paradoxurus montanus, Kelaart apud Blyth J. A. S. B., xx, p. 161 



(1851). 



Coolla wedda, Cingalese. 

 DistrihuHon. — Ceylon. 



a. Stuffed, skull Ceylon E. L. Layard, 1849, A.S.B. 



b. Stuffed, skull Ceylon E. L. Layard, 1849, A.S.B. 



c. Stuffed, skull Ceylon E. L. Layard, 1849, A.S.B. 



juv. 

 rf. Skin Ceylon (West Prov.) Colombo Museum. 



Paradoxurus grayi. 



Paradoxurus grayi, Bennett P. Z. S., p. 118 {1835); Blyth Cat. no. 154, 

 p. 48 ; Jerdon Mamm., p. 128 ; McMaster Notes on jferdon, p. 27 I 

 Blyth y. A. S. B., xHv, Burma List, p. 26 ; Spearman Burvia Gazett., 

 p. 549 ; Sterndale Mamm. Ind., p. 217 ; Ball Stray Feathers, 11, p. 369 ; 

 Blanford P. Z. S. 1885, p. 803 ; id. Mammals, p. 11 2. 



Paradoxurus nipalensis, Hodgson As. Res., xix, p. 76 (1836). 



Paguma grayi, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 54 (1843) ; id. Cat. Hodgs. Coll., 

 1st ed., p. 9 ; id. Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 73. 



Paradoxurus tytlerii, Tytler f. A. S. B., xxxiii, p. 188 (1864). 



Paradoxurus laniger, apud Blyth Cat. no. 152, p. 48; id. J. A. S. B., xxvii, 

 p. 274. 



Distribution. — The Himalayas from Simla to Assam, Arakan 

 and the Andamans ; Chota Nagpore t (Ball) Northern Circars .? 

 (McMasters). 



Paradoxurus tytleri was described by Tytler as the species of 

 Palm Cat inhabiting the Andamans, it is represented in the 

 Museum collection by several specimens, i.e., "1," " m," "n," 

 "p," "q;" these specimens confirm, what has been already 

 shown by Blanford, that this insular form in no way differs from 

 the ordinary P. grayi. 



Blyth named one of the specimens below " o " P. laniger of 

 Hodgson, it does not agree, however, with the description of 

 P. laniger, in which the tail is said to be \ the length of the body 

 and tapering ; the tail of specimen " " is quite as long as the 

 body, and approximately of the same width throughout, and the 



