242 Dr. J. E. Gray on the Genera 



fiquement pour son PougouneV' But as these animals have 

 generally the habit of curling up the tip of the tail as they lie 

 on the ground, the tip of the tail, of those at least in confine- 

 ment, has the hair more or less worn off on one of its sides. 

 Otto some years afterwards described and figured the glandular 

 organ on the abdomen, and formed a genus for the animal, 

 under the name PlatyseJiista. 



Ogilby, Temminck, and others have described a series of 

 semiplantigrade Viverrce as species of the genus Paradoxurus. 

 I have formed, from differences in their dentition and the form 

 of the skull, the genera Pagiima, Arctogale, and Nandinia for 

 some of the species so described ; and in describing Arctogale I 

 observed that the hinder part of the abdomen was like that of 

 the other Viverrince, and without the glandular development ; 

 and lately examining the well-preserved skin of Paradoxurus 

 stigmaticus of Temminck, I found that it had the hinder part 

 of the abdomen similarly covered with hair ; and on examining 

 with care the stuffed specimens and the skins in the Museum 

 I found that all the species of Paguma and Nandinia were 

 equally deficient of this glandular structure. I have seen 

 but one or two species of these animals alive, and do not 

 recollect to have observed their tails curled at the end ; nor do 

 any of the skins show the hair partly worn off on one side of 

 the tip, which is common in Paradoxurus. 



The species of Paradoxurince in the British Museum will 

 therefore, after careful examination, be arranged thus : — 



I. The hinder part of the abdomen with an elongated naked 



glandular fold. 



Paradoxurus. 

 * Back spotted. 



1. Paradoxurus hermajphroditus. India. 



2. P. nigrifrons. India. 



3. P.fasciatus. Java and Sumatra. 



4. P. dubms. Java and Sumatra. 



** Bad- streaked. 



5. P. philippensis. Philippines. 



*** Back uniform grizzled. 

 G. P. bondar. India. 



