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Dimensions. Approximately the same as those of P. zeyloncnsis. 

 Adult skull 4-2 inches long from occipital condyles, 2-5 wide across 

 zygomatic arches. 



Distribution. Only known with certainty from the Palni hills in 

 Madura, and the Nilgiris. but probably inhabiting all the higher 

 ranges of Cochin and Travancore. 



Habits. Not known. 



55. Paradoxuius grayi. The Himalayan Palm-Civet. 



Paradoxurus grayi, Bennett, P. Z. 8. 1835, p. 118; Jerdon, Mum. 



p. 128 ; Slyth, Mam. Birds Surma, p. 26 ; W. Blanf. P. Z. 8. 1885, 



p. 803. 



Paradoxurus nipalensis, Hodgson, As. Res. xix. p. 76 (1836). 

 Paradoxurus tytlerii, Tytler, J. A. S. li. xxxiii, p. 188 (1864). 



Fig. 29. Half palate of Paradoxurus grayi. (P. Z. S. 1885, p. 804.) 



Tail about the same length as the head and body. Fur varying 

 in length, but much more uniform throughout the body, less harsh 

 and more woolly than in P. Tiermaphroditus ; woolly underfur fre- 

 quently well developed. Mammae 4. 



In the skull the constriction behind the postorbital processes is 

 much less than in the preceding species. The bony palate runs 

 back above the posterior nares for 0*4 to 0-5 inch behind the 

 hindmost molars, and is deeply concave at the end. The teeth 

 are smaller than in P. Jiermaphroditus the inner lobe of the upper 

 sectorial less developed, and the first upper true molar mo;re trian- 

 gular. In old individuals the teeth, the molars especially, are 

 much worn down. 



