XX. NOTES ON VIVERRIDAE. 



By H. C. Robinson and C. Boden Ki.oss. 



The Director of the Zoological Survey of India has submitted 

 to us a series of this family, mainl}^ from the immediate vicinity 

 of Calcutta, and we have therefore examined the whole of the 

 material in our collection. The Indian and Indo-Malayan forms 

 we are able to recognize are : — 



Genus Viverra lyinn. 



Viverra zihetha zihetha, Linn. North Peninsular India, Hima- 

 layas. 



Viverra zihetha pruinosa^ Wro- Burma, Tenasserim, S.W. and 



ugh ton. S. E. Siam. 



Viverra zihetha sigillata, subsp. South Malay Peninsula. 



no v. 



Viverra megaspila megaspila, Burma, vSiam, Malay Peninsula. 



Blyth. 



Viverra megaspila civettina, South India. 



Blyth. 



Viverra tangalunga tangalunga, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Su- 



Gray, matra. 



Viverra tangalunga lancavensis, Langkawi Id., Straits of Mal- 



subsp. nov. acca. 



The races may be recognised by the following key : — 



( White tail rings unbroken above ... ... 2 



( White tail rings interrupted above ... ... 4 



I Pattern distinct ... ... ... ... V. z. sigillata. 



\ Pattern indistinct ... ... ... ... 3 



C General colour greyer ... ... ... V. z. zibetha. 



^* (. General colour yellower ... ... ... V. z. pruinosa. 



C Dark bars on tail less than ten ... ... 5 



X Dark bars on tail more than ten ... ... 6 



r Markings on flanks and haunches confluent ; black 



3 on tail less extensive ... ... ... V. m. megaspila. 



^' 1 Markings on flanks and haunches discrete ; black 



(^ on tail more extensive ... ... ... V. ni. civettiiia. 



I Spots on body and rings on tail more con- 



^ \ spicuous ; general colour darker ... ... V. t. tangalunga. 



\ Spots on body and rings on tail less conspicuous ; 



\ general colour paler ... ... ... V. t. laiicavensis. 



Viverra zibetha zibetha, Linn. 



There are three recent specimens from Calcutta which are 

 typical of the form inhabiting the plains of Northern India. 



