2 .{2 Lloyd's natural history. 



since this has been demonstrated in the case of young indi- 

 viduals kept in captivity. Like the Palm-Civets, this animal 

 is omnivorous in its diet ; but as regards its breeding habits, 

 naturalists are still in the dark. It is stated to utter a loud 

 and prolonged cry, which, if verified, will show that in this 

 respect the Binturong differs widely from all other members 

 of the Family. In disposition it is decidedly fierce; but in- 

 dividuals captured when young become tame and gentle with- 

 out much trouble. 



The zoological position of the Binturong was long a matter 

 of controversy, but it may now be regarded as settled that it is 

 a highly specialised form allied to the Palm-Civets. 



XII. THE WEB-FOOTED CIVETS. GENUS CVNOGALE. 

 Cynogale, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 83. 

 Potamophilus, Muller, Tijdsch. Natuur. Gesch. vol. v. p. 140 

 (1838). 



This genus, the last of the Sub-family Viverrititc, may be 

 easily recognised by the absence of a vertical groove on the 

 upper lip, the short tail, the partially-webbed feet, and by the 

 under surface of the tarsus and metatarsus being rather less 

 naked than in the Palm-Civets, short hairs clothing the former 

 segment, while the latter is bare. The claws are sharp, rather 

 elongated and retractile ; and the first toe on each foot is well 

 developed. 



lake the last, the genus is represented only by a single 

 Oriental species. 



I. BENNETT'S CIVET. CYNOGALE BENNETTI. 



Cynogale bennetti, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 5 78 (1836); 



id., Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 78 (1869) ; Mivart, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 172: Sanyal, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1894, p. 296. 

 Viverra carcliarias, Jourdan, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, vol. viii. p. 



281 (1837). 



