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Schwarz (1911, p. 636) mentions specimens from Sandakan and 

 La Datu, North Borneo, and from Sarawak. Pocock (1933, p. 1031) 

 records others from Mount Mulu, Mount Dulit, and Saribas in 

 northern Borneo. In the Western Division of Borneo the Binturong 

 is not rare, and specimens are frequently kept in captivity (Coomans 

 de Ruiter, 1932, p. 54). 



Palawan Binturong 



ARCTICTIS BINTURONG WHITEI J. A. Allen 



Arctitis [sic] whitei J. A. Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 28, p. 15, 

 1910. ("Iwahig, Palawan, Philippine Islands") 



This form is apparently restricted to Palawan. 



It is closely related to A. b. penicillatus, but has a smaller skull; 

 general color black, strongly washed with fulvous; hairs of nose 

 and facial region tipped with whitish; neck all round and terminal 

 fifth of tail black; ears narrowly bordered with white or yellowish. 

 Head and body, 700 mm.; tail, 610 mm. (J. A. Allen, 1910, p. 15.) 



Only about four specimens of this form seem to be on record 

 (Taylor, 1934, p. 357). 



Fossane; Lesser Fossa 



FOSSA FOSSA (Schreber) 



Viverra Fossa Schreber, Saugthiere, vol. 3, pi. 114, 1776, and p. 424, 1777. 



(Based upon "la Fossane" of Buffon (Hist. Nat., vol. 13, p. 163, pi. 20, 



1765); type locality, "Madagascar.") 

 SYNONYM: Fossa daubentonii Gray (1865). 

 FIGS.: Buffon, op. tit., pi. 20; Schreber, op. cit., pi. 114; J. E. Gray, 1873, pi. 74. 



This endemic viverrid of Madagascar is accorded special pro- 

 tection as a Class A species under the London Convention of 1933. 



The ground color is light ashy gray, slightly washed with red- 

 dish; stripes and spots blackish brown; breast, belly, and legs gray; 

 tail gray, incompletely ringed with brown (Schreber, 1777, p. 424). 

 Gray (1873, p. 872) gives the following description: "Brown or red- 

 dish, closely grizzled with an abundance of white hairs, with four 

 rows of more or less confluent black spots on each side of the 

 back, a few black spots on the hinder thighs. The chin, neck, and 

 belly whitish, more or less obscurely spotted." Daubenton (in 

 Buffon, 1765, p. 166) gives the following measurements: head and 

 body, 17 inches; tail, 8J inches. 



Our information concerning this animal is very meager. Accord- 

 ing to Buffon (1765, p. 164), in captivity it eats flesh and fruit and 

 is especially fond of bananas. 



The Mission Zoologique Franco-Anglo-Americaine of 1929-1931 

 obtained 13 specimens (Delacour, 1932, p. 220). 



