THE HIMALAYAN PALM-CIVET. 237 
. Paradoxurus montanus, Blyth (ex Kelaart), Journ. Asiat. Soc. 
Bengal, vol. xx. p. 161 (1851). 
Paradoxurus zeylanicus, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. p. 32 
(1852; mec Gray). 
Characters.—T ail about four-fifths the length of the head and 
oody ; fur moderately soft and thick, of uniform length, and 
‘with little woolly under-fur; whiskers rufous ; general colour 
uniform rusty-red or dull chestnut, with occasional traces of 
longitudinal streaks on the back. Length of head and bodv 
_about 19 inches; of tail, 1544 inches. 
Distribution Ceylon, the specimens from the mountains 
: being darker than those from the plains. 
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VI. THE HIMALAYAN PALM-CIVET. PARADOXURUS GRAYI. 
Paradoxurus grayi, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 118; 
Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 803; id., Mamm. 
Brit. India, p. 112 (1888). 
Paradoxurus nipalensis, Hodgson, Asiat. Researches, vol. xix 
p. 76 (1836). 
Paguma grayt, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 54 (1843). 
Paradoxurus tytlerit, Tytler, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 
Xxxili. p. 188 (1864). 
Characters.—Size larger than in P. hermaphroditus ; tail about 
equal in length to the head and body; fur of uniform, but 
variable, length, with the woolly under-fur frequently well de- 
veloped. Bony palate of the skull extending more than a 
quarter of an inch behind the line of the last molar teeth ; 
whiskers, at least in part, conspicuously white. Colour of 
upper-parts uniform grey, without markings; under-parts 
whitish ; the tip of the tail frequently dark brown or black. 
Head brown or blackish, with the exception of the forehead, a 
broad band beneath the ear, a narrower line down the nose, 
and a blotch beneath each eye, in all of which places there is a 
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