224 Lloyd's natural history. 



alternating with much shorter light ones. Length of head 

 and body, about 19 inches ; of tail (exclusive of hair at the tip), 

 16 inches. 



Distribution. — Tenasserim Provinces of Burma. This exceed- 

 ingly handsome species is only known by two examples, one 

 trapped in Southern Tenasserim, and a second taken near 

 Moulmein. 



III. THE NIPALESE LINSANG. LINSANGA PARDICOLOR. 



Prionodon fiardicohr, Hodgson, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist. vol. 



ii. p. 57 (1842); Blanford, Mamm. Brit. India, p. 103 



(1888). 

 Linsang pardicolor. Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 49 (1843); 



id., Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 53 (1869). 

 Viverra pardicolor, Schinz, Synops. Mamm. vol. i. p. 366 



(1844). 

 Characters. — Smaller than the last, from which it is distin- 

 guished by the back being marked by broad dark transverse 

 bands broken up into squared spots forming longitudinal rows; 

 tail as long as the neck and body. Ground-colour of fur very 

 pale brown, with large angulated black spots ; under-parts and 

 feet uniform ; head also uniform brown, frequently with a black 

 spot behind each ear. Neck marked on each side with a pair 

 of longitudinal stripes ; the middle pair continued as rows of 

 large rounded spots down the back, separated by a line of 

 smaller irregular spots ; about three rows of squared or rounded 

 spots along the sides of the body, which are also arranged in 

 from six to seven transverse bands. Outer surfaces of upper 

 portion of limbs spotted j tail with from eight to ten complete 

 dark rings, separated by intervening light spaces of approxi- 

 mately the same width. Length of head and body, from 14 to 

 15 inches; of tail, 12 to 13 inches. 

 Distribution. — South-eastern Himalaya, extending thence east- 



