164 ORDER V. 



Par. Hamiltonii. "With hairy ears ; back ashy- 

 grey, with six or seven rows of round black spots ; 

 dark streak along the back; a narrow stripe between, 

 and one above each eye ; on the middle of the neck 

 another black, and on each side a pale, shorter, 

 brown streak; the tail one half longer than the 

 body, brownish rufous, with narrow black rings. 



Par. larvatus. Gulo larvatus. Ham. Smith. 

 Olive-brown grey ; tip of tail and feet black ; white 

 patches about the face, particularly one running 

 from nose to occiput. 



Par. trivirgatus. Fiver, trivirgata, Rein. 

 Blackish-grey ; below grey ; head darker ; no white 

 spots; three black streaks along the spine; feet 

 and tail black, the last mentioned exceeding the 

 body in length. Resides in the Moluccas. 



Par. Gray ii. Total length 40 inches, of which 

 the tail measures 20 ; fur woolly ; light fulvous- 

 brown above ; cinereous beneath ; ears and face 

 black with forehead, a stripe down, and spot be- 

 neath the eye grey ; tail always twisted, cannot be 

 rendered strait in the living animal. 



Par ? aureus, F. Cuvier. Smaller than the for- 

 mer species; fur a uniform golden-yellow; hair 

 very long. 



Viverra binotata of Rein wart, and Viverra malac- 

 censis of Sonnerat, are probably species belonging 

 to this genus. 



Mr. Gray has indicated several other species, but 

 the genus at present seems to be a receptacle for all 

 plantigrade Viverridce that are not finally classified : 



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