THE AFRICAN PALM-CIVETS. 2 2$ 



the auditory bulla of the skull. In other respects the genus is 

 very similar to Paradoxurus, the markings taking the form of 

 spots, and the tail being ringed. 



The genus is exclusively African, in which region it takes 

 the place of the Oriental Palm-Civets. 



I. WEST AFRICAN PALM-CIVET. NANDINIA BINOTATA. 



Vivcrra binotata, Reinwardt, in Gray's Spicil. Zool. vol. ii. p. 



9(1830). 

 Paradoxurus hamiltonii, Gray, Proc. Zool- Soc. 1832, p. 67. 

 Paradoxurus lino tat us, Gray, op. at. p. 68. 



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



Characters. — Ground-colour of fur rufous-grey ; nape marked 

 with three parallel streaks, one running from the forehead and 

 the other two from the ears ; back marked with numerous 

 black spots, varying in size and number ; a yellow spot on 

 each shoulder ; lips, throat, and under-parts rufous-grey ; legs 

 grizzled ; tail elongated and tapering, marked with numerous 

 black rings, and the tip blackish. Length of head and body, 

 23 inches; of tail, 19 inches. 



Distribution. — West Africa (Fernando Po, Ashanti, and An- 

 gola). 



II. EAST AFRICAN PALM-CIVET. NANDINIA GERRARDI. 



Nandinia gerrardi, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, 

 vol. xii. p. 205 (1893). 

 Characters.— Similar to the preceding in size and general 

 colour, but wanting the three distinct black lines found on the 

 upper surface of the neck in that species, while the fur of the 

 body is more sparsely and finely spotted, and the transverse 

 black markings on the tail are narrower, closer together, and 

 more sharply denned. In the single adult specimen known, 

 the tail is also shorter than in N. binotata, but this may be an 

 individual imperfection. The yellowish spots present on the 



