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236 LLOYD'’s NATURAL History, 
and a marked gloss on theglfairs. Under-fur thicker and more — 
woolly. Upper carnassial tooth with a very large inner tubercle 
near the middle of its length. General colour dusky-brown on 
the upper-parts and brownish-grey beneath, with or without 
indistinct longitudinal rows of spots on the back. Head _ 
mostly black or blackish-brown, with a pale band across the | 
forehead and spots beneath the eyes, as in the typical form of 
the preceding species ; feet and tail coloured like the head. 
Distribution The Philippine Islands and Borneo.* Mr. 
Blanford remarks that specimens from Borneo appear to con- 
nect the Philippine race with the typical P. Zermaphroditus. 
III. LARGE-TOOTHED PALM-CIVET. PARADOXURUS MACRODUS. 
Paradoxurus macrodus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 538; 
Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. Sor ; W. I. sclater 
Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii. p. 246 (1891). 
Characters—Externally very similar to the typical species, 
but readily distinguished by the much larger size of the teeth. 
Distribution. Malay Peninsula. 
IV. JERDON’S PALM-CIVET. PARADOXURUS JERDONI. 
faradoxurus jerdont, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, pp. 613, 
802; id.. Mamm. Brit. India, p. 111 (1888). 
Characters.— Distinguished from P. hermaphroditus by the 
greater length of the apertures at the anterior end of the palate. 
The whiskers are dark brown, and the tip of the tail is black, 
and not, as figured, white; general colour uniform dark brown, 
Distribution—Southern India; viz., the Madura and Nilgiri 
Hills. 
V. THE RED PALM-CIVET. PARADOXURUS AUREUS. 
Paradoxurus aureus, F, Cuvier, Mém. Mus. Paris, vol. ix. p. 
48 (1822); Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18855 1 p.-302);s1de 
Mamm. Brit. India, p. 110 (1888). 
* See Everett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 495. 
