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withers of the last-named gpecies are also shown in this one, 
although indistinctly, and the back of the ears is of the same 
hue as the rest of the fur. 
Distribution East Africa (Lower Shire River, Nyasaland). 
The type specimen, although not described until 1893, was 
collected by Sir John Kirk as far back as 1861, and is pre- 
served in the British Museum. When alive, the animal was 
stated to live on mice and poultry. The skin of an immature 
specimen was obtained at the same time. 
IX. THE SMALL-TOOTHED PALM-CIVETS. GENUS 
ARCTOGALE. 
Arctogale, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 542. 
Auditory bulla of skull fully ossified; teeth relatively small ; 
palate very narrow, and its middle portion much produced 
behind the line of the last molar; no naked glandular tract in 
front of the scrotum ; tail not ringed; markings in the form of 
longitudinal stripes or rows of spots on the back. Other char- 
acters as in Paradvxurus. 
The genus is represented by two species from the eastern 
part of the Oriental region. 
I. THE WHITE-EARED PALM-CIVET. ARCTOGALE LEUCOTIS. 
Paradoxurus leucotis, Horsfield, Cat. East Ind. Mus. p. 66 
(1851). 
Paradoxurus stigmaticus, Temminck, Esquiss. Zool. p. 120 
(1853). 
Arctogale stigmatica, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 163. 
Arctogale leucotis, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 789 ; 1d., 
Mamm. Brit. India, p. 115 (1888). 
Characters.—Size rather large; fur short and not harsh ; tail 
about equal in length to head and body. General colour 
varying from fulvous-grey to dusky-grey, or occasionally brown 
on the upper-parts ; under-parts paler; the back marked by 
three longitudinal dark bands, which may either be continuous 
