170 ORDER V. 



by a dozen dogs. See Captain Williamson's Ori- 

 ental Field Sports. 



Viv. fusca, Gray. Brown Long-nosed Civet. 

 This animal we are only acquainted with through 

 the figure published by Mr. Gray.* It appears that 

 the forehead is very remarkably arched, the nose 

 considerably longer than any other of the genus ; 

 and the livery, brownish-buff, is totally without 

 darker streaks or spots, the end of the tail alone 

 appearing to be dusky. 



Vw. Zibetha. The Zibet. Grey, legs trans- 

 versely spotted with brown ; head long ; throat 

 white, with two black bands on each side ; no mane^ 

 tail with eight or ten semiannuli, black and white. 

 Native of the great Indian Islands, where it is kept 

 in captivity for the sake of collecting the musky 

 secretion. 



Fiv. Basse The Rasse, Horsf. Fulvous, with 

 short rounded ears ; eight close parallel broad dark 

 lines along the back; numerous small black spots 

 on the flanks in three lines ; tail shorter than the 

 body, with eight black annuli; feet brown. In- 

 habits Java, the woods of the Western Ghauts, 

 India; yields the Dedes of the Javanese, and the 

 Zibet of the Malays. 



Viv. Indica. Buff grey, with erect, more length- 

 ened ears, eight narrow longitudinal dorsal black- 

 ish lines, and three rows of sub-continuous spots on 

 each flank. Found in India, on the table land 

 eastward of the Ghauts. 



* Illustrations of Indian Zoology. 



