370 Mr. 0. Tliomas on 



similar rounded character, larger individually than those of 

 P. sahanus, the nearest species geographically. Posterior 

 edge of palate of the reversed V-shape found in the genus 

 Pa^'M???^, although it is at about the same distance behind the 

 molars as is usual in Paradox ur us. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) : — 



Head and body 490 mm. ; tail 410; hind foot 61. 



Skull : basal length 39 ; condylo-basal length 94 ; greatest 

 breadth 57*5 ; length of nasals in middle line 14; iiiterorbital 

 breadth 15"5 ; breadth of brain-case 33"5 ; palatal length 42 ; 

 palatal foramina 5 ; front of p^ to back of m^ 30 ; p*, length 

 on outer side 8, greatest diatncter 8'7. 



JJab. Bangao Island, Tawi-Tawi Group. 



Ti/pe. Old male. B.M. no. 94. 9. 28. 9. Collected July, 

 1893, by A. Everett. 



Even if the peculiar coppery-brown colour of this Para- 

 doxurc should prove to be due in any degree to a melanoid 

 suffusion (and there is no evidence for this suggestion), the 

 continuation of the dark colour of the head down to the 

 withers, the large size of the teeth as compared with those of 

 P. sahanus, and the Paguma-Y\k.Q. shape of the posterior nares 

 will distinguish the species from any of its allies. 



Paradoxurus sahanus, sp. n. 



Size smallest of the group. General colour a peculiar 

 greyish olivaceous tinged with buffy, being far the most 

 distinctly olivaceous of the Paradoxures. The usual lines 

 and spots on the back visible, but not conspicuous or sharply 

 defined. Underside brown, the hairs broadly tipped with 

 buff or pale tawny. Muzzle, back of ears, and crown black, 

 a variable amount of light greyish grizzling on the forehead 

 and area in front of the ears. In some specimens there is a 

 complete frontal light band, and in others not. Limbs and 

 tail blackish as usual. 



Skull like that of P. philijypinensis, but the teeth smaller 

 throughout. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) : — 



Head and body 465 mm. ; tail 360 ; hind foot 68. 



Skull : basal length 88 ; condylo-basal length 92 ; greatest 

 breadth 57 ; length of nasals in middle line 16 ; interorbital 

 breadth 17; breadth of brain-case 32; palatal length 42; 

 front of y to back of m^ 28*5 ; p% length on outer edge 7, 

 greatest diameter 8'4. 



Hah. North Borneo. Type from Spitang. 



