208 MAMMALIA OF INDIA. 
GENUS VIVERRA. 
Anal pouch large, and divided into two sacs secreting the c/ve¢ perfume 
of commerce; pupil vertical and oblong; fur spotted and coarse, 
lengthened into an erectile mane on the back; diet mixed carnivorous 
and vegetivorous. 
No. 221. VIVERRA ZIBETHA. 
The Large Civet Cat (Jerdon’s No 119). 
Native Names.—KXazas, Hindi; JJach-bhondar, Bengali, also Bagdos 
and Pudo-gaula in some parts; Bhran in the Nepal Terai; MWt-diralu, 
: Viverra oe 
Nepalese ; Kung, Bhotia; Saphiong, Lepcha, (/Jerdon); Khyoung-myen, 
Aracanese. 
Hasitrat.—According to Jerdon this species inhabits Bengal, ex- 
tending northwards in Nepal and Sikhim, and into Cuttack, Orissa, and 
Central India on the south, but is replaced in Malabar by the next 
species ; it is also found in Assam and Burmah, but apparently not in 
Ceylon, where V. Madaccensis represents the family. 
Description.—Hoary or yellowish grey, generally spotted and 
striped with black; some specimens are marked with wavy bands, 
others are almost free from marks ; throat white, with a transverse black 
band, another on each side of the neck ; under-parts white ; tail with 
six black rings ; limbs dark. 
