234. LLOYD’S NATURAL fitSTORY. 
Paradoxurus pennant, Gray, loc. ctt. 
Flatyschista pallasi, Otto, Nova Acta Ac. Cees. Leop.-Car. vol. 
XVil. p. T08g (1835). 
Puradoxurus hirsutus, Hodgson, Asiat. Researches, vol. xix. 
Pe 72.( 8830): | 
Puradoxurus niger, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 792; 
id.. Mamm. Brit. India, p. 106 (1888). 
(Plate XXX.) 
Bony palate extending less than a quarter of an 
inch behind the line of the last upper molar teeth ; whiskers 
black, with occasionally a few of the lowest bristles white at 
the base. ‘Tail nearly or quite as long as the head and body, 
thickly haired, and only slightly tapering. Fur coarse and 
frequently long, with some elongated and ragged patches, 
especially on the back; under-fur short or absent. General 
colour fulvous, ashy, or black, marked either by streaks, streaks 
and spots combined, or dusky patches. ‘The slits on the 
anterior extremity of the bony palate only extending as far 
back as the canine teeth. Length of head and body varying 
from 20 to 25 inches; of tail, from 16 to 20 inches. Males 
are considerably larger than females, and there are also racial 
variations in point of size. 
By Mr. Blanford the Indian Palm-Civet (7. zzger) is regarded 
as specifically distinct from the Malayan P. hermaphroditus. 
Mr. W. L. Sclater remarks, however, that it seems “more in 
accordance with the facts to recognise the two forms only as 
geographical races ; since although the Toddy-Cat of Southern 
India is fairly distinguishable from that of the Malay Peninsula, 
the specimens met with in Lower Bengal are intermediate 
between the two. The typical variety is distinguished by the 
marked longitudinal stripes down the back; the hill variety 
(P. strictus) by its darker colour, more distinct spots, and smaller 
size; the Indian variety (P. nzzger) by the absence of definite 
stripes and spots, which are replaced by dusky patches.” 
Characters. 
