236 Lloyd's natural historv. 



and a marked gloss on the hairs. Under-fur thicker and more 

 woolly. Upper carnassial tooth with a very large inner tubercle 

 near the middle of its length. General colour dusky-brown on 

 the upper-parts and brownish-grey beneath, with or without 

 indistinct longitudinal rows of spots on the back. Head 

 mostly black or blackish-brown, with a pale band across the 

 forehead and spots beneath the eyes, as in the typical form of 

 the preceding species; feet and tail coloured like the head. 



Distribution. — The Philippine Islands and Borneo.* Mr. 

 Blanford remarks that specimens from Borneo' appear to con- 

 nect the Philippine race with the typical P. hermaphrodites. 



III. LARGE-TOOTHED PALM-CIVET. PARADOXURUS MACRODUS. 



Paradoxurus macrodus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 538; 

 Bl in ford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 801 ; W. L. Sclater, 

 Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii. p. 246 (1891). 

 Characters. — Externally very similar to the typical species, 

 but readily distinguished by the much larger size of the teeth. 

 Distribution. — Malay Peninsula. 



IV. JERDON'S PALM-CIVET. PARADOXURUS JERDONI. 



Paradoxurus Jerdoni, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, pp. 613, 

 802; id., Mamm. Brit. India, p. 111(1888). 



Characters. — Distinguished from P. hermaphrodites by the 

 greater length of the apertures at the anterior end of the palate. 

 The whiskers are dark brown, and the tip of the tail is black, 

 and not, as figured, white ; general colour uniform dark brown. 



Distribution. — Southern India; viz., the Madura and Nilgiri 

 Hills. 



V. THE RED PALM-CIVET. PARADOXURUS AUREUS. 



Paradoxurus aureus, F. Cuvier, Mem. Mus. Paris, vol. ix. p. 

 48 (1822); Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 302 ; id., 

 Mamm. Brit. India, p. no (1888). 



* See Everett, Tree. Zool. Soc. 1S93, p. 495. 



