242 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
since this has been demostiiftrated in the case of young indi- 
viduals kept in captivity. Like the Palm-Civets, this animal 
is omnivorous in its diet; but as regards its breeding habits, 
naturalists are stillin the dark. It is stated to utter a loud 
and prolonged cry, which, if verified, will show that in this 
respect the Binturong differs widely from all other members 
of the Family. In disposition it is decidedly fierce; but in- 
dividuals captured when young become tame and gentle with- 
out much trouble. 
The zoological position of the Binturong was long a matter 
of controversy, but it may now be regarded as settled that it is 
a highly specialised form allied to the Palm-Civets. 
XII. THE WEB-FOOTED CIVETS. GENUS CYNOGALE, 
Cynogale, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 88. 
Potamophilus, Muller, Tijdsch. Natuur. Gesch. vol. v. p. 140 
(1838). 
This genus, the last of the Sub-family Viverrin@, may be 
easily recognised by the absence of a vertical groove on the 
upper lip, the short tail, the partially-webbed feet, and by the 
under surface of the tarsus and metatarsus being rather less 
naked than in the Palm-Civets, short hairs clothing the former 
segment, while the latter is bare. ‘The claws are sharp, rather 
elongated and retractile ; and the first toe on each foot is well. 
developed. 
Like the last, the genus is represented only by a single 
Oriental species. 
I. BENNETT'S CIVET. CYNOGALE BENNETTI. 
Cynogale bennetti, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 578 (1836) ; 
id., Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 78 (1869) ; Mivart 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 172; Sanyal, Proc. Zoolasee 
1894, p. 296. 
Viverra carcharias, Jourdan, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, vol. vill. p. 
281 (1837). 
