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or broken up into spots, and in some specimens very indistinct, 
or even wanting. Head above generally darker, often be- 
coming ashy or black, usually with a narrow white line down 
the middle of the forehead ; feet and terminal portion of the 
tail brown or black. Burmese examples frequently show some 
whitish on the tips of the ears. Length of head and body, 
263% inches; of tail, 27 inches. 
Distribution—Sikhim, Arakan, Burma, Malay Peninsula, 
Sumatra, and Borneo. 
Nothing of importance has been recorded of the habits of 
this Palm-Civet, which probably do not differ essentially from 
those of the members of the next genus. If captured young, 
this species can be easily tamed. 
Il. THE THREE-STRIPED PALM-CIVET. ARCTOGALE 
TRIVIRGATA. 
Paradoxurus trivirgatus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 68. 
Arctogale trivirgata, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 7809. 
Characters.—Differs from the preceding species in being 
slightly smaller, with the three dark lines down the back more 
distinctly defined, and also in wanting the dark patch at the 
base of the ears, the skull also being smaller, with the palate 
less produced backwards. 
Distribution.— Java. 
X. THE PALM-CIVETS. GENUS PARADOXURUS. 
Paradoxurus, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. pt. xxiv. (1821). 
Pazuma, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 95. 
Platyschista, Otto, Nova Acta. Ac. Ces. Leop.-Car. vol. xvil 
p. 1089 (1835). 
From the last genus the True Palm-Civets are distinguished 
by their larger teeth (among which the carnassials are short, 
with blunted cusps, and the sectorial character but little de- 
