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or broken up into spots, and in some specimens very indistinct, 

 or even wanting. Head above generally darker, often be- 

 coming ashy or black, usually with a narrow white line down 

 the middle of the forehead ; feet and terminal portion of the 

 tail brown or black. Burmese examples frequently show some 

 whitish on the tips of the ears. Length of head and body, 

 26^ inches; of tail, 27 inches. 



Distribution. — Sikhim, Arakan, Burma, Malay Peninsula, 

 Sumatra, and Borneo. 



Nothing of importance has been recorded of the habits of 

 this Palm-Civet, which probably do not differ essentially from 

 those of the members of the next genus. If captured young, 

 this species can be easily tamed. 



II. THE THREE-STRIPED PALM-CIVET. ARCTOGALE 

 TRIVIRGATA. 



Paradoxurus trivirgatus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 68. 

 Arctogale trivirgata, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 789. 



Characters. — Differs from the preceding species in being 

 slightly smaller, with the three dark lines down the back more 

 distinctly defined, and also in wanting the dark patch at the 

 base of the ears, the skull also being smaller, with the palate 

 less produced backwards. 



Distribution. — Java. 



X. THE PALM-CIVETS. GENUS PARADOXURUS. 



Paradoxurus, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamra. pt. xxiv. (1821). 

 Paguma, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc 1831, p. 95. 

 Platyschista, Otto, Nova Acta. Ac. Caes. Leop.-Car. vol. xvii. 

 p. 1089 (1835). 



From the last genus the True Palm Civets are distinguished 

 by their larger teeth (among which the carnassials are short, 

 with blunted cusps, and the sectorial character but little de» 



