THE HIMALAYAN TALM-CIVET. 237 



Paradoxurus montanus, Blyth {ex Kelaart), Journ. Asiat. Soc. 



Bengal, vol. xx. p. 161 (1851). 

 Paradoxurus zeylanicus, Kelaart, Prodi*. Faun. Zeyl. p. 32 

 (1852 ; nee Gray). 



Characters.— Tail about four-fifths the length of the head and 

 oody ; fur moderately soft and thick, of uniform length, and 

 with little woolly under-fur; whiskers rufous; general colour 

 uniform rusty-red or dull chestnut, with occasional traces of 

 longitudinal streaks on the back. Length of head and bodv 

 about 19 inches; of tail, 15^2 inches. 



Distribution. — Ceylon, the specimens from the mountains 

 being darker than those from the plains. 



VI. THE HIMALAYAN PALM-CIVET. PARADOXURUS GRAYI. 



Paradoxurus grayi, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 118; 



Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 803; id., Mamra. 



Brit. India, p. 112 (1888). 

 Paradoxurus nipalcnsis, Hodgson, Asiat. Researches, vol. xix 



p. 76 (1836). 

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

 Paradoxurus tytierii, Tytler, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 



xxxiii. p. 188 (1864). 

 Characters. — Size larger than in P. hermaphroditus ; tail about 

 equal in length to the head and body ; fur of uniform, but 

 variable, length, with the woolly under-fur frequently well de- 

 veloped. Bony palate of the skull extending more than a 

 quarter of an inch behind the line of the last molar teeth ; 

 whiskers, at least in part, conspicuously white. Colour of 

 upper-parts uniform grey, without markings ; under-parts 

 whitish ; the tip of the tail frequently dark brown or black. 

 Head brown or blackish, with the exception of the forehead, a 

 broad band beneath the ear, a narrower line down the nose, 

 and a blotch beneath each eye, in all of which places there is a 



