240 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY, 
X. WOOLLY PALM-Cl@T. PARADOXURUS LANIGER. 
Paradoxurus laniger, Hodgson, Asiat. Researches, vol. xix. p 
79 (1836); Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc: 1885, p. 807-51ds 
Mamm. Brit. India, p. 114 (1888). 
Paguma laniger, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 55 (1843). 
Characters.—An imperfectly known species only provisionally 
included in the genus. Tail only about half the length of the 
head and body, very thick at the root, and rapidly tapering ; 
fur very close and woolly. Toe-pads surrounded by hair; and 
the claws short. Colour uniform rufescent brown. 
Distribution? Tibet. Known only bya single badly pre- 
served skin purchased by Hodgson in Nipal. 
XI. GENUS: ARCTICTIS: 
Arctictis, Temminck, Prospec. Monogr. Mamm. (1824); id., 
Monogr. Mamm. vol. i. p. xxi. vol. il. p. 308 (1835). 
Ictides, Valenciennes, Ann. Sci. Nat. vol. iv. p. 57 (1824). 
From the whole of the foregoing genera the present one is 
distinguished by the completely naked tarsus and metatarsus 
of the plantigrade hind-fect, by the presence of long pencils of 
hairs surmounting the short ears, and by the long tail being 
thoroughly prehensible. The short, compressed, and slightly- 
curved claws are only partially retractile; the coarse fur is 
long and shaggy ; the pupil of the eye is vertically elongated ; 
and the large glands in front of the scrotum of the male open 
intoa deep fold. There are generally only three pairs of lower 
pre-mo'ars, but the number of the teeth is otherwise the same 
as in Viverra, and in some individuals the missing pair of pre- 
molars are developed. With the exception of the canines, 
which are large and curved, with a sharp hinder edge, the 
teeth are relatively small, both the incisors and molars being 
separated from one another by gaps. Not unfrequently the 
last pair of upper molars is wanting. 
