58 CATALOGUE. 



is, in the Indian Archipelago, the representative of the Khatas of 

 the continent of India ; in its habits it is equally predatious, sangui- 

 nary, and untameable. 



Sub-genus VIVERRICULA, Hodgson. 



Essential character : Size, small, scansorial ; habit, vermi- 

 form; nails, more or less raptorial, and thumb remote; 



pouches, as in Viverra. (Hodgson, J. A. S. B., X. 



p. 909.) 

 89. VIVERRICULA IN DIG A, Geoff. Sp. 



Viverra indica, Geoffr., Collect, du Mus. Desmar., Mamm. 



p. 210. Sykes, Catal. of Mammalia observed in Duk- 



hun, p. 7. Elliot, Catal. of Mamm. of S. Mahratta 



country, p. 102. Madras Journ. Lit. and Sc. 

 Viverra malaccensis and V. Rasse, Gray, Cat. Mamm. Br. 



Mus. p. 48, and Cat. Hodgs. Coll. p. 8. 

 Viverricula indica, Hodgson, J. A. S. B., X. p. 909. Calc. 



J.N.H.II.p.47. 

 Viverricula Malaccensis, Cantor, Cat. Mamm. of Malayan 



Peninsula, p. 29. 

 Viverra gunda, Dr. F. (Buchanan) Hamilton's MS. and 



Drawing, Mus. Ind. Comp. 



(Var. a.) Viverra pallida, Gray and Hardw. Illust. 



Ind. Zool. II. pi. 6. 



JUWADEE MARJAR, or Civet-cat, of the Mahrattas, Sykes. 

 SAYER and BUGMYUL, in Tarai, Hodgson. 

 KASTURI, Southern Mahratta country, Elliot. (Kasturi 



is the name of Musk, and is applied to the animal 



from the similarity of the smell.) 



HAS. The whole of Continental India, from Cape Comorin to 

 the foot of the Himalayas. 



A. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 



B. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



C. The pale variety. Presented by the Asiatic Society 



of Bengal. 



D. A Drawing from Dr. F. (Buchanan) Hamilton's Col- 



lection. 



The first distinct indication of this species is given by M. Geoffrey, 

 in the Collect, du Mus. d'Hist. Naturelle ; it has since been noticed by 

 many zoologists; specimens are common in museums, and several va- 



