hardwicke's hemigale. 



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a sharp point directed towards the tarsus, the latter being 

 completely covered with hair. Another peculiarity is that the 

 direction of the hair on the back of the neck is reversed, so as 

 to be inclined forwards. When there are any markings on the 

 back, these are in the form of uninterrupted transverse bands. 

 The five-toed feet have strongly-curved claws ; and the nose 

 and upper lip, as in all the foregoing genera, are marked by a 

 median groove. The number of the teeth is the same as in 

 Viverra. 



The genus is confined to the countries lying to the eastward 

 of the Bay of Bengal. 



1. hardwicke's hemigale. hemigale hardwickei. 

 Viverra hardwickii, Gray, Spicil. Zool. p. 9 (1830). 

 Hemigalus zebra, Jourdan, Comptes Rendus, vol. v. p. 442 



(1837)- 

 Paradoxurus derbianus, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 579 



(1837). 

 Paradoxurus zebra, Gray, loc. cit. 



Viverra boiei, Miiller, Tijdschr. Natuur. Ges. vol. v. p. 144 (1863). 



Heviigalea derbia/ia, Blyth, Gat. p. 46 (1863). 



Hemigalea hardwickei, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 524; 



id., Cat. Carniv. Brit. Mus. p. 57 (1869); Mivart, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 165. 

 Hemigale hardivickei, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 73. 



{Plate XXIX. ) 

 Characters. — General colour of fur whitish-yellow, marked on 

 the back with about seven uninterrupted reddish-brown trans- 

 verse stripes, extending well down on to the flanks ; there are 

 also three stripes on the head, and two down the neck, togethei 

 with some irregular markings on the shoulders, the under 

 parts and feet being uniformly coloured, and the tail ringed 

 at the base, but elsewhere black. Length of head and body, 

 about 15^2 inches; of tail, 16^ inches. 



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