2 2 3 I.LOYD S NATURAL HISTORV. 



Distribution. — Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



Although nothing definite has been recorded, it is probable 

 that the habits of this animal are generally similar to those of 

 the Palm-Civets. 



ii. hose's hemigale. hemigale hosii. 

 Hemigale //osei, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. ix. 

 p. 9 (1892); id., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 222. 



Characters. — Size and proportions very similar to those of 

 the last, but the skull more lightly made, and the teeth more 

 delicate. General colour of upper-parts dark smoky-brown 

 or black, with the bases of the body-hairs whitish. Sides of 

 muzzle at the roots of the whiskers white (the corresponding 

 place in H. hardwickei being black) ; cheek below the eye, as 

 well as a patch above and behind the latter, grizzled brownish- 

 white. Ears thinly haired, pure white internally, their edges 

 forming a marked contrast to the black of the crown of the 

 head. Chin, white; chest, under-parts, and upper portion of 

 inner surfaces of limbs smoky yellowish-grey ; remainder of 

 limbs and whole of tail black. 



Its describer remarks " that this species is not a black form 

 of the preceding, is proved by the white patches on the muzzle, 

 the white ears, whitish under side, and also by the differences 

 in the size of the teeth." 



Distribution. — Mount Dulit, and not improbably Mount Kina 

 Balu, North Borneo, at an altitude of between 2,000 and 5,000 

 feet above sea-level. The one known example was discovered 

 by Mr. Charles Hose, after whom the species has received its 

 name. 

 VIII. THE AFRICAN PALM-CIVETS. GENUS NANDINIA. 

 Nandinia, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 54 (1843). 



Having a partially bald tarsus like Hemigale, the members 

 of this genus are distinguished by the imperfect ossification of 



