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be of a yellowish-white or pale buff, with broad black bands and 
blotches as above described, or in general terms broad black patches 
over the back, two longitudinal interrupted black bands along the neck 
_and sides, with two lines of elongated spots above and below the lower 
band, and numerous small spots on the throat, chest and limbs. 
Size—Head and body, 184 inches ; tail, 16 inches without the hair, 
163 with it. 
This is a larger animal than P. pardicolor, and is distinguished from 
it by its larger marking. ‘The fur is beautifully soft and close. From 
the richness of its colouring, the elegance of its shape, and the agility 
of its movements, it is one of the most beautiful and interesting of our 
smaller mammals. 
_ No. 227. PRIONODON GRACILIS. 
The Malayan Linsang. 
Hasitat.—Malacca, Siam, Sumatra, and Tenasserim. 
DEscrIPTION.—Fur white, back with broad black cross-bands, sides 
of neck with a broad black streak continued along the sides of the body, 
confluent with the bands of the neck ; back of neck with five parallel 
black streaks ; tail with seven black and white streaks ; a second streak, 
broken into spots, from the side of the neck to the haunches ; legs 
with small black spots. 
Very similar to the last, only somewhat smaller. 
Between Prionodon and the next comes a genus Hemigalea, which 
contains one species, H MHardwickiz, inhabiting the Malay countries. 
It is a perfect link between Prionodon and Paradoxurus. 
GENUS PARADOXURUS—THE MUSANGS. 
Paradoxurus is a misnomer, signifying gucer-ailed, which originated 
in an abnormal twist in the tail of the specimen first described and 
named by M. F. Cuvier. I do not think that it is even occasional, as 
stated by some naturalists, but is of comparatively rare occurrence ; 
and such deformities are by no means confined to this genus only. 
The tail can be rolled up towards the end, and the hair is occasion- 
ally worn off, and some have a habit of curling it sideways; but I have 
never seen one as described by Kellaart when speaking of the genus: 
“The extreme or more distant half being, when extended, turned over 
so that the lower side is uppermosi, and the animal can roll it up 
spirally from above downwards, and from the extremity to the base.” 
In general appearance the musang resembles the civet, and it has 
