PAKADOXURUS. 



109 



Paradoxurus strictus and P. quadriscriptus, Hodf/x. A. M. N. If. ser. 2, 



xvi, pp. 105, 106 ; id. P.Z. S. 1856, p. 396, pis. xlvii, xlviii. 

 Paradoxurus fasciatus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 536, nee Viverra 



fasciata, Desm. 

 Paradoxurus musanga, Jerdon, Mam. p. 125, partim ; Blyth, Mam. 



Birds Ihtrma, p. 26. 

 Paradoxurus hermaphroditic, W. Blanf. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 794 ; 



Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 67. 



HJiondar, Bdffhddnkh, Beng.; Kyoung-won-bailt, Kyoung-na-ga,~Qwcm. ; 

 Khabbo-palainrj , Talain ; Sapo-mi-aing, Karen : Miisang, or Musaitfj 

 Pdndtm, Malay. 



Fig. 27. Paradoxurus hermaphroditus. (From a drawing by Colonel Tickell ; 

 position slightly altered.) 



Structure generally much as in the last.* Tail more than three 

 quarters the length of the head and body. Fur as a rule not so 

 long and ragged as in P. niger. Muzzle shorter ; upper sectorial 

 and molars larger, the former with a large inner lobe, and with 

 the margin from the inner to the hinder lobe nearly or quite 

 straight. 



Colour. Brownish grey, sometimes ashy. TJnderfur, when pre- 

 sent, brownish, the longer hairs light brown or grey, occasionally 

 with black tips. The back is generally more or less distinctly 

 striped longitudinally, most distinctly when the fur is short, the 

 number of stripes varying and the lateral bands often replaced by 

 rows of spots. Feet and terminal portion of tail (often one haif 

 or more) black; tail-tip sometimes white. Usually there, is a 

 distinct broad pale or whitish band across the forehead and in 

 front of the ears, and as a rule this band is not crossed by black 

 streaks, but sometimes there is a longitudinal black line in the 

 middle and another running back from each eye. Generally a 

 white or whitish spot occurs below the eye, and this spot some- 

 times is joined to the frontal band. The muzzle, including the 

 eyes, the top of the head, with the ears and sides of the neck, are 



