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pectore macula semilunaii alba; — and etinjspilus, H. ater, 

 pectore plaga ampla aurantia superne profunde emarginata, 

 pedibus fascia transversa cinerea. The former is figured in 

 the Researches, and the latter in the Zoological Journal, where 

 it is described at length. 



Proceeding from the Plantigrada to the Digifigrada we 

 first come to 



Viverra Basse. — V. griseo-fulvescens, auriculis subapproxi- 

 matis, dorso lineis octo longitudinalibus parallelis nigricanli- 

 bus vario, collo fasciis obscuris, pedibus concoloribus fuscis, 

 pills corporis caudaeque attenuatae rigidiusculis. — i2«S5<?of the 

 Javanese. 



At once distinguished from the other species of this genus, 

 as defined by Cuvier, by its lengthened form, and by the slen- 

 derness of ail its parts, the Viverra Basse supplies in Java the 

 place which the V. Civetta holds in Africa, and the V. Zibetha 

 or Tanggalung of the Malays on the Asiatic continent, from 

 Arabia'to Malabar, and in the large islands of the Indian 

 Archipelago. From the latter it diifers as much in its natural 

 disposition as in external characters. The Tanggalung is an 

 animal comparatively of a mild disposition ; it is often found 

 among the Arabs and Malays who inhabit the maritime 

 parts of Borneo, Macassar, and other islands, in a state of 

 partial domestication, and, by the account of the natives, be- 

 comes reconciled to its confinement ; and in habits, and degree 

 of tameness, resembles the common Domestic Cat. The Basse, 

 on the contrary, preserves in confinement the natural ferocity 

 of its disposition undiminished ; and never propagates in this 

 state. The odoriferous substance obtained from it, which is a 

 favourite perfume among the Javanese, agrees with the civet 

 afforded by the other species, in colour, consistence, and 

 odour. 



MaJigusta Javanica. M. fusco-nigricans, nitore glaucino 

 undulata tasniolisque fulvo-cinereis, variegata, capite dorso 

 pedibusque saturatioribus, Cauda attenuata apice simplici 

 acuta. — Garangan of the Javanese. 



In his details respecting this animal. Dr. Horsfield applies 

 the principles of natural arrangement first developed by Mr. 

 W. S. MacLeay, to the discrimination of the Feline and Viver- 

 rine animals ; and as we believe this to be the first application 

 of those principles to the highest class of the Vertebrata, we 

 shall extract his statement on this subject. 



" The examinations connected with the description of the 

 Mangusta javanica, and the comparisons which I instituted 

 among the numerous genera above mentioned, naturally sug- 

 gested a reconsideration of the Fclis gracilis, which was de- 

 scribed 



