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established in the rafters of his own house in Tellicheri. It even 

 occurs in large towns ; I have known of one being caught in the 

 middle of Calcutta." 



Ardogale. 1 This genus represented only by A. trivirgata of 

 Java, and A. leucotis of Burma, Tenasserim, Sumatra, Java, etc. 

 is chiefly distinguished from Paradoxurus by the extremely small 

 size of the cheek-teeth 

 (Fig. 239), which are 

 often not in contact 

 with one another; the 

 upper carnassial being 

 almost triangular in 

 shape. Palate fre- 

 quently convex longi- 

 tudinally between the 

 carnassials, and greatly 

 produced behind the 

 last molar, with a very 

 narrow bony aperture 

 of the posterior nares. 

 The soles of the feet 

 are still more naked 

 than in Paradoxurus ; 

 and the pollex and 

 hallux are more diverg- 

 ent. In A. leucotis the 

 length of the head and 

 body is 2 6 '5 inches, and 

 the tail 27 inches. In 

 many specimens the 

 three dorsal stripes are 

 much less distinctly 

 marked than in others, 

 and tend to break up 

 into spots ; while the 

 general coloration is 

 considerably lighter. 



Hemigale? another 

 modification of the 

 Paradoxure type, contains one species, H, hardurickei, from Borneo 

 and Malacca, an elegant-looking animal, smaller and more slender 

 than the Paradoxures, of light gray colour, with transverse broad 

 dark bands across the back and loins ; the proximal portion of the 

 tail being ringed. The tarsus is hairy. The general cranial 



1 Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 542, ex Petero. 

 2 Jonrdan, Comptes Rcndus, vol. v. p. 442 (1837). Amended. 



Fio. 239. Palatal aspect of the left side of the cranium 

 anil mandible of Arctogale leucotis. a, Anterior opening of 

 alisphenoid canal ; o, foramen ovale ; c, carotid canal \. 

 (From Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 165.) 



