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by Mr. Limborg east of Moulmein, a second by Mr. W. Davison 

 at Baiikasun in Southern Tenasserim. 



Habits, Unknown ; probably similar to those of P. pardicolor. 



The only other species of the genus is that first described, 

 P. gracilifi, a small form with nearly the coloration of P. maculosus, 

 but a very different skull. This kind inhabits Java, Borneo, and, 

 it is said, Sumatra. It was also reported from Malacca by Cantor 

 (J. A. S. B. xv, p. 199) ; but, judging by the dimensions given, it 

 is not improbable that the species obtained by him was P. macu- 

 losus. 



Genus PARADOXURUS, F. Cuv., 1821. 

 Syn. Paguma, Gray ; Platyschista, Otto. 



No mane. The naked soles of the feet are joined to the foot- 

 pads (no hairy space intervening), and extend over considerably 

 more than half the inferior surface of the carpus and tarsus. 

 Claws small, sharp, retractile. Pupil vertical. Tail very long, not 

 ringed in Indian species. 



All the species are nocturnal and arboreal. The food is mixed, 

 partly animal, partly vegetable. Prescrotal and anal glands as in 

 Viverra, except that the former discharge into a slight fold in- 

 stead of a deep pouch, and that their secretion has little or no 

 scent of civet. There is a well-marked tract devoid of hair, corre- 

 sponding to the glands, in front of the scrotum in the male and 

 around the genito-urinary orifice in the female. The secretion 

 from the anal glands is in some forms singularly fetid *. 



Dentition : i. g, c. j^, pm. ^^, in. ^^ > as ^ n Viverra. The 

 teeth vary much in development and somewhat in form, being 

 large in some species and small in others. The bony palate extends 

 back above the posterior nares in a few kinds only. The pterygoid 

 fossa is broad. 



Vertebra : C. 7, D. 13, L. 7, S. 3, C. 29-36. 



The tail is not prehensile, but the animal appears to have the 

 power of coiling it to some extent, and in caged specimens the 

 coiled condition not unfrequently becomes confirmed and perma- 

 nent. The name Paradoxarus was given by 1\ Cuvier to a speci- 

 men with the tail thus coiled, as represented in the ' Histoire 

 Naturelle des Mammiferes,' pi. 186. Nothing of the kind, so far 

 as I am aware, has been observed in wild examples, nor has any 

 use of the tail for prehensile purposes been recorded. At the 

 same time it should not be forgotten that, owing to the exclusively 

 nocturnal habits of Paradoxuri, they are seldom seen in the wild 

 state. 



* For a description of the glands see Hodgson, As. Res. six, p. 77 ; Turner. 

 P. Z. S. 1849, p. 25 ; also Mivart, P. Z. S. 1882, pp. 1(53, 519. There is also 

 an excellent account, with figures, by Otto, Acad. Cues. Leop. Nova Acta, xvii, 

 p. 1095, pi. Ixiiii. 



