THE CELEBEAN PALM-CIVET,. 239 
Paradoxurus rubidtus, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 
XXVil. p. 275 (1358). 
Characters.—Size large, only exceeded in P. musschenbroechi ; 
~ tail about three-fourths the length of the head and body. Dis- 
tinguished from P. grayz by the brown or rufous colour of the 
fur; head-markings generally distinct, brown and whitish; either 
a broad pale band across the forehead or the whole face 
whitish. Length of head and body, about 27 inches; of tail, 
20 inches. 
Distribution The Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and 
probably some of the other Malayan islands, exclusive of 
Java. 
IX, THE CELEBEAN PALM-CIVET. PARADOXURUS 
MUSSCHENBROECKI. 
faradoxurus musschenbroeckt, Schlege!, Notes Leyd. Mus. vol. 
i. p. 43 (£879) ; Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 806. 
Characters—The largest member of the genus; tail about 
three-fourths the length of the herd and body ; fur soft and 
short. Skull with the bony palate much produced backwards, 
but otherwise resembling that of P. hermaphroditus ; teeth 
differing from those of all the other species i1 that the two 
cheek-series run nearly parallel, in place of being widely diver- 
yergent posteriorly. General colour of upper-parts light brown- 
ish-chestnut, with numerous light hairs intermixed; under- 
parts varying from fulvous to white ; breast rufescent ; hinder 
part of back with a pair of indistinct longitudinal stripes, and 
some faint spots ; whiskers mixed brown and white. Tail differ- 
ing from that of all the other members cf the genus, marked 
with alternating rings of dark and pale brown, which are indis- 
tinct on the under surface, and disappear towards the dark tip. 
Length of head and body, about 35 inches ; of tail, 25 inches. 
Distribution.—Celebes, 
