230 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



withers of the last-named species are also shown in this one, 

 although indistinctly, and the back of the ears is of the same 

 hue as the rest of the fur. 



Distribution. — East Africa (Lower Shire River, Nyasaland). 

 The type specimen, although not described until 1893, was 

 collected by Sir John Kirk as far back as 1861, and is pre- 

 served in the British Museum. When alive, the animal was 

 stated to live on mice and poultry. The skin of an immature 

 specimen was obtained at the same time. 



IX. THE SMALL-TOOTHED PALM-CIVETS. GENUS 

 ARCTOGALE. 



Arctogak) Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1S64, p. 542. 



Audit ry bulla of skull fully ossified ; teeth relatively small; 

 palate very narrow, and its middle portion much produced 

 behind the line of the last molar ; no naked glandular tract in 

 front of the scrotum ; tail not ringed ; markings in the form of 

 longitudinal stripes or rows of spots on the back. Other char- 

 acters as in Paradoxurus. 



The genus is represented by two species from the eastern 

 part of the Oriental region. 



I. THE WHITE-EARED PALM-CIVET. ARCTOGALE LEUCOTIS. 



Paradoxurus kucotis^ Horsfield, Cat. East Ind. Mus. p. 66 



('3 5 i). 



Paradoxurus stigmaticus, Temminck, Esquiss. Zool. p. 120 



(1853)- 



Arctogale stigmatica, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 163. 

 Arctogale leucotis, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 789 ; id., 

 Mamm. Brit. India, p. 115 (1888). 

 Characters. — Size rather large ; fur short and not harsh ; tail 

 about equal in length to head and body. General colour 

 varying from fulvous-grey to dusky-grey, or occasionally brown 

 on the upper-parts ; under-parts paler ; the back marked by 

 three longitudinal dark bands, which may either be continuous 



