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root of the anterior upper pre-molar tooth, as well as by the 

 incomplete closure of the socket of the eye by bone. The fur 

 of the type specimen is described as being of a bright chestnut 

 hue, becoming paler on the under-parts, while the limbs and 

 tail are both redder and paler. The elongate and tapering tail 

 has a whitish median streak down the terminal half of its lower 

 surface, this streak expanding and becoming pure white at the 

 tip, which is marked by a small black spot. The rounded ears 

 have short blackish-brown fur on the outer side, while internally 

 they are pale brown, with narrow pale margins. The sides of 

 the upper lips, as well as a spot at the front angle, and another 

 at the edge of the eyelid are pale brown ; while the chin, the 

 margin of the lower jaw, and the gullet are whitish. 



Distribution. — Borneo. 



Originally described by the late Dr. Gray upon the evidence 

 of a very imperfect skin preserved in the British Museum, 

 this Cat is now known from several specimens obtained by 

 Mr. Everett, and another procured by Mr. Hose on the Suai 

 River in Sarawak. Nothing seems to have been recorded of 

 its habits. 



XIV. THE FISHING CAT. FELIS VIVERRINA. 



Felis viverrina, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1833, p. 68; Elliot, 

 Monogr. Felidae, pi. xxii. (1878-83) ; Blanford, Mamm. 

 Brit. India, p. 76 (1888). 



Felis himalayana, Jardine, Naturalist's Library, Felinse, p. 230 



(1834). 

 Felis viverriceps, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. v. p. 



232 (1836). 



Leopardus viverrinus, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 43 



(1843). 

 Felis celidogasfer, Blyth, Cat, p. 61 (1863; nee Temminck). 



