CATALOGUE. 95 



Mus. p. 54. Zoology of H. M. S. Samarang, p. 15. 



Schinz, Synops. Mamm. p. 313. 

 Arctictis penicillatus, Temm., Tydschrift. Mtiller, Over 



de Zoogd. van den Ind. Archip. p. 32. 

 Ictides, Fr. Cuv., Dents des Mammif. p. 104, pi. 34, bis. 

 Ictides ater, Fr. Cuv., Mammif. III., the male. 

 Ictides albifrons, Valanciennes, Ann. des Scien. Nat. IV. 



p. 57, pi. 1, the female. 

 Paradoxurus albifrons, Fr. Cuv., Mamm. du Mus. IX. 



p. 41, with a figure. Desmar., Mamm. Suppl. p. 540, 



the female. 

 Viverra ? binturong, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 



p. 253. 



BINTURONG, in Sumatra and Java. 

 UNTURUNG, of the Malays of the Peninsula, Cantor. 

 MYOUK, or Monkey Tiger, Burma, Capt. McLeod. 



HAB. Malacca, Farquhar. Sumatra, Raffles. Java and 

 Sumatra, Temminck. Malacca, Tenasseriin, and Ara- 

 can, Cantor and Capt. McLeod. Assam, M. Delanau- 

 gerede. Nepal, Btyth, Report, tyc., Journ. As. S. B. 

 X.p. 918. 



A. An adult male, from Finlayson's Collection during 

 the Mission of J. Crawfurd, Esq., to Siam. 



The Binturong constitutes a distinct genus in the system of Mam- 

 malia. In the general form of the skull it resembles the genus Meles, 

 although the relative position and union of the separate bones are formed 

 on the type of Paradoxurus. The skeleton is comparatively slender, and 

 the number of caudal vertebrae is greater than in Paradoxurus. Several 

 other particulars of the osseous structure are enumerated by M. Tern- 

 minck (Monogr. II. p. 307). 



The head is proportionately bulky ; the muzzle short, attenuated, and 

 somewhat turned up at the nose ; the lips are armed with long stout 

 bristles, whitish at the base, which, as they diverge, form a peculiar 

 radiated circle round the face, giving the countenance a striking and 

 remarkable aspect. The eyes are large, black, and prominent ; the 

 ears short, rounded, edged with white, terminated by tufts of black 

 hair. The body, long and heavy, low on the legs, and the general 

 appearance and habit slow and crouching. The tail is nearly as long 

 as the body, and partially prehensile. The hairy covering is long, 



