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the auditory bulla of the skull. In other respects the genus is 
very similar to Paradoxurus, the markings taking the form of 
spots, and the tail being ringed. 
‘The genus is exclusively African, in which region it takes 
the place of the Oriental Palm-Civets. 
I. WEST AFRICAN PALM-CIVET. NANDINIA BINOTATA. 
Viverra binotata, Reinwardt, in Gray’s Spicil. Zool. vol. ii. p. 
9 (1830). 
Paradoxurus hamiltonii, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 67. 
Paradoxurus binotatus, Gray, op. cit. p. 68. 
Nandinia binotata, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 54 (1843). 
Characters.—Ground-colour of fur rufous-grey ; nape marked 
with three parallel streaks, one running from the forehead and 
the other two from the ears; back marked with numerous 
black spots, varying in size and number; a yellow spot on 
each shoulder ; lips, throat, and under-parts rufous-grey ; legs 
grizzled ; tail elongated and tapering, marked with numerous 
black rings, and the tip blackish. Length of head and body, 
23 inches ; of tail, t9 inches. 
Distribution.— West Africa (Fernando Po, Ashanti, and An- 
gola). 
II. EAST AFRICAN PALM-CIVET. NANDINIA GERRARDI. 
Nandima gerrardi, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, 
vol. xil. p. 205 (1893). 
Characters.—-Similar to the preceding in size and general 
colour, but wanting the three distinct black lines found on the 
upper surface of the neck in that species, while the fur of the 
body is more sparsely and finely spotted, and the transverse 
black markings on the tail are narrower, closer together, and 
more sharply defined. In the single a7 specimen known, 
the tail is also shorter than in JV. 7” 4 but this may be an 
individual imperfection. The Datowish spots present on the 
