214 LLOYD’s NATURAL HISTORY. 
the tail continuous, and wnpletcly interrupting the light rings 
on its upper surface ; dark rings continuous below, and at first 
not wider than the light intervening spaces ; dorsal crest com- 
mencing between the shoulders; sides marked with large, 
distinct, and somewhat quadrangular dark spots, tending to 
form transverse bands on the flanks, and longitudinal stripes on 
the rump. General colour of fur grey, at times with a yellowish 
or brownish tinge ; feet brown. ‘The white front and sides or 
the neck marked with two or three black gorgets. 
Distribution Burma, Malay Peninsula, Cochin China, and 
Sumatra. 
V. THE JAVAN CIVET. VIVERRA TANGALUNGA. 
Viverra tangalunga, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 63; id., 
Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 47 (1869) ; Sclater, Cat. 
Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. il. p. 237 (1891). 
Characters.—Smaller than the last ; longitudinal dark band 
on upper surface of tail very broad, and the dark rings, except 
a few near the end, interrupted on the lower surface ; sides of 
body marked by spots of somewhat smaller size than in V, 
megaspila. 
Distribution—Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, 
Amboyna, and the Philippine Islands ; the range of this species 
being more easterly than that of any other member of the 
genus. 
VI. THE RASSE. VIVERRA MALACCENSIS. 
Viverra malaccensis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 92 (1788). 
Viverra leveriana, Shaw, Mus. Leverianum, pt. ii. p. 19 (1796). 
Viverra indica, Desmarest, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. vol. vii. p. 
EVO TST): 
Viverra rasse, Horsfield, Zool. Researches, plate (1821). 
Viverra bengalensis, Gray, Ill. Indian Zool. vol. i. pl. iv. 
(1832). 
