THE CELEBEAN PALM-CIVET. 239 



Paradoxurus rubidus, Blyih, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 

 xxvii. p. 275 (1S58). 



Characters. — Size large, only exceeded in P. musschenbroecki ; 

 tail about three-fourths the length of the head and body. Dis- 

 tinguished from P. grayi by the brown or rufous colour of the 

 fur; head-markings generally distinct, brown and whitish; either 

 a broad pale band across the forehead or the whole face 

 whitish. Length of head and body, about 27 inches; of tail, 

 20 inches. 



Distribution. — The Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and 

 probably some of the other Malayan islands, exclusive of 

 Java. 



IX. THE CELEBEAN PALM-CIVET. PARADOXURUS 

 MUSSCHENBROECKI. 



Paradoxurus musschenbroecki, Schlegel, Notes Leyd. Mus. vol. 

 i. p. 43 (1879) ; Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 806. 



Characters.— The largest member of the genus ; tail about 

 three-fourths the length of the head and body ; fur soft and 

 short. Skull with the bony palate much produced backwards, 

 but otherwise resembling that of P. hermaphrodites ; teeth 

 differing from those of all the other species in that the two 

 cheek-series run nearly parallel, in place of being widely diver- 

 vergent posteriorly. General colour of upper-parts light brown- 

 ish-chestnut, with numerous light hairs intermixed; under- 

 pays varying from fulvous to white ; breast rufescent ; hinder 

 part of back with a pair of indistinct longitudinal stripes, and 

 some faint spots ; whiskers mixed brown and white. Tail differ- 

 ing from that of all the other members cf the genus, marked 

 with alternating rings of dark and pale brown, which are indis- 

 tinct on the under surface, and disappear towards the dark tip. 

 Length of head and body, about 35 inches ; of tail, 25 inches, 



Distribution. — Celebes. 



