106 V1VJBHBIDJ3. 



I have described the history and synonymy of this genus in the 

 ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society' for 1885, pp. 780-808. 



Synopsis of Indian, Ceylonese, and Burmese Species. 



A. Bony palate not extending a quarter of an 



inch behind the last upper molars. 



a. Vibrissse black, a few of the lowest some- 



times white near the base only ; dorsal 

 fur often long and ragged, with long 

 black tips. 



a. Back unstriped ; no pale band across 



forehead P. niger, p. 106. 



b. Back generally striped ; a pale band 



across forehead P. hermaphroditus, p. 108. 



b. Vibrissae dark brown ; general colour the 



same P.jerdoni, p. 111. 



c. Vibrissaj rufous ; general colour dull rusty 



red P. aureus, p. 1 10. 



B. Bony palate extending more than half an 



inch behind the last upper molars; vibrissae 



white P. yrayi, p. 112. 



51. Paradoxurus niger. The Indian Palm-Civet. 



Viverra nigra, Desm. Mam. p. 208 (1820). 



Viverra bondar, De Blainv. ibid. p. 210 (1820). 



Paradoxurus typus, F. Cm. Hist. Nut. Mamm. pi. 186 (1821) ; Elliot, 



Mad. Jour. L. S. x, p. 103 ; Kelaart, Prod. p. 38 (1852). 

 Paradoxurus typus, P. pennantii, and P. bondar, Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, 



pp. 65, 66. 

 Platyschista pallasii, Otto, Acad. Cces. Leap. Nova Acta, xvii, p. 1089, 



pis. Ixxii, Ixxiii (1835). 



Paradoxurus birsutus, Hodgs. As. Res. xix, p. 72 (1836). 

 Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 532 (nee Viverra 



hermaphrodita, Pallas). 

 Paradoxurus musanga, partim, et P. bondar, Jerdon, Mam. pp. 125, 



128. 

 Paradoxurus niger, W. Blanf. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 792 : Thomas, P. Z. S. 



1886, p. 55. 



Lakdti, Chingdr (vulgarly Khatds and Jhdr-ka-Kutta), II. ; Menuri, 

 Dakhani ; Sham, Bhotidar, Bengali ; Machabba, Malwa, Nepal Terai ; 

 Togot, in Singhbhiim ; Ud, Mahr. ; Kera-bek, Canarese ; Maru-pilli, 

 Veruvu, Tarn. ; Manu-pilli, Tel. ; Marrapilli, Mai. ; Ugudora, Cing. ; 

 Toddy Cat of Europeans in many parts. 



Tail nearly or quite as long as the head and body, well clad with 

 hair, slender, tapering very slightly. Fur coarse and often long, 

 some piles, especially on the back, long and ragged; underfur 

 short or wanting. Ventral mammae usually six (sometimes four, 

 according to Hodgson). 



In the skull the bony palate extends but little, not more usually 

 than about one eighth of an inch, behind a line drawn through 

 the hinder edges of the posterior molars. Muzzle produced and 



