222 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY, 
Having the under surfaeg@0f the tarsus and metatarsus com- 
pletely clothed with hair, as in Viverra, the Oriental Linsangs 
differ from all the genera mentioned above by having only one 
(instead of two) pair of molar teeth in the upper jaw. The 
Linsangs are long-bodied and short-limbed animals, with the 
claws of the five-toed feet almost as completely retractile as in 
the Cats, and the fur short, soft, close, and erect. There are 
no scent-glands corresponding to those which produce civet 
in Viverra. The ground-colour of the fur is white or greyish- 
white, upon which are dark brown or black markings, taking 
the form either of a small number of large patches extending 
transversely across the body, or of such patches broken up into 
quadrangular spots; there are dark longitudinal streaks (some- 
times broken into spots) on the neck and shoulders, as well as 
smaller ones on the head; and the tail is ringed with dark and 
light. The pupil of the eye is circular when contracted ; and 
the skull is very similar to that of Gevetfa,; but the lower car- 
nassial tooth has its posterior heel smaller than in the latter. 
The genus is exclusively Oriental, ranging from North-eastern 
India to Borneo and Java, although unknown in the Malay 
Peninsula. It is represented by an allied type in Western 
Africa. 
I. THE BORNEAN LINSANG. LINSANGA GRACILIS. 
Viverra gracilis, Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 539 (1820). 
Felis gracilis, Horsfield, Zool. Researches, plate (1824). 
Paradoxurus linsang, Fischer, Synops. Mamm. p. 159 (1829). 
Linsang gracilis, Miller, Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 28 (1839); 
Gray, Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 53 (1869). 
Prionodon gracilis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 519. 
Characters.—Size small ; general coloration very similar to 
that of the next species, but the skull of a different type, 
being relatively shorter, and with a wider brain-case. Mr. 
