XXIX. ON THE SOUTHERN MALAYAN RACE OF 

 THE WHITE-WHISKERED PALM-CIVET. 



By II. C. Robinson and C. B. Kloss. 



We have long thought that the Southern Malayan Race 

 ol Paguma leucomystax originally described by J. E. Gray from 

 Sumatra was subspecifically distinct, but in the absence of 

 fully adult specimens of the adjacent races have hitherto 

 refrained from describing it. 



We are now, however, in possession of fine adults of the 

 true P. leucomystax from West Sumatra, 7'. robusta, (Miller), from 

 the north of the Peninsula and of the Southern Malayan form 

 which we propose to describe as 



Paguma larvata annectens, subsp. nov. 



Type:— Adult male (skin and skull), F. M. S. Mus. No. 

 191/09, collected at Bukit Gantang, Larut, Perak, November 

 1908, by Museum Collector. 



Diagnosis: — Intermediate between the colder, greyer race 

 from Trang and the deep maroon-black form, /'. leucomystax, 

 from Sumatra. 



Colour .-—Nape, mantle, upper and lower extremities 

 brownish black, the nape and mantle having the under fur 

 tipped with buffy; posterior parts of the body more yellow 

 tipped and annulated with black, the general orange effect 

 being richest on the rump; Hanks slightly duller; tail like the 

 rump, basally, becoming blackish on the distal half. Under- 

 surface dull buffy. Top of muzzle slightly grizzled buff. A 

 broad area extending from the eye to the car and more 

 narrowly down the sides of the neck, buff. Crown grizzled 

 brown and buff. Sides of muzzle, chin and throat brownish ; 

 ears brownish black. Vibrissae white. 



Dimensions : — (External dimensions oi the type, taken in 

 the flesh):— Head and body, 635; tail, 610 ; hindfoot, 102 mm. 



Cranial measurements: greatest length. 127 (126 1 ); upper 

 length, 112 (116); condylo-basilar length 120 (121); basilai 

 length, T15 1 1 ib..}): palatilar length. 57 (57); width of palate, 

 including molars, 42.8(41); interpterygoid space 25 by 13.2 

 127 by !(•: breadth of rostrum across the roots of canines, 

 24.7 1241 ; zygomatic breadth, 71 (69); anteorbital cm strict ion, 

 26.2 (25.4) ; postorbital constriction. 25 (22.4) ; breadth of brain 

 case above roots of. zygomata 4 1 (41.4); mastoid breadth, 

 48(45); occipital depth, 30.2 (30.4); mandible 94 (94); maxil- 

 arv tooth row exclusive of incisors |? 1 (4) : mandibulary tooth 

 row, exclusive of incisors 48.3 mm. (50). 



' Measurements in parentheses are tlm .< > '""is robustus 



Miller. Proc. Biol. Sor Washington, XIX. p 26 (1006). 



