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II. The hinder part of the abdomen between the thighs covered with 

 hair, without any glandidar fold. 



Paguma. Back uniform grizzled. 



1. Paguma zeylanica. Ceylon. 



2. P. Crossii. India. 



3. P. Grayii. India, Nepal. 



4. P. Ty fieri. Andaman Islands. 



5. P. stigmatica. Borneo. 



6. P. leucomystax. Sumatra and Borneo. 



7. P. larvata. China. 



Arctogale. Back streaked. 



8. Arctogale trivirgata. Java and Sumatra. 



Nandinia. Back spotted. 



9. Nandinia binotata. West Africa. 



The British Museum has lately received, since the publica- 

 tion of the ' Catalogue,' two additional species of the genus. 



In the year 1871 the Museum received from Edward Gerrard, 

 jun., an adult specimen with its skull of a Paradoxurus from 

 North Borneo, which is quite distinct from any other in the 

 British Museum. 



This species is probably the Paradoxurus stigmaticus of 

 Temminck's ' Esquisses Zoologiques,' p. 120, described from a 

 single old male specimen in the Museum of Leyden. 



This speeies is very peculiar for its nearly uniform brown 

 colour, with blacker head and extremities, black whiskers, and 

 a narrow white stripe or, rather, elongated spot on the nose. 

 The colour of the whiskers and the stripe on the nose at once 

 distinguish it from P. leucomystax and P. Tytleri, which agree 

 with it in being of a nearly uniform colour, but have nearly 

 white whiskers and a dark spotless nose. 



1. Paguma stigmatica. Black- whiskered Paguma. 



Paradoxurus stigmaticus, Temminck, Esq. Zool. p. 120; Cat. Caruiv. 

 Brit. Mus. p. 76. 



Fur nearly uniform rather ashy brown ; whiskers elongate, 

 black ; the face, the lower lip, fore and hind feet, and the 

 hinder half of the tail blackish or black ; the middle of the 

 nose, in front of the eyes, with an indistinct short white streak, 

 from the pale tips to the hairs ; the hair at the top of the head 



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