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22 DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF 



PARADOXURUS LEUCOMYSTAX. 



Paradoxurm leiicoinvshix^ Gray, P.Z.S. 1836, p. 88. 



This is the largest species of the genus except 

 P. masschcnhroccki. Tail about three quarters the length of 

 the head and body . Colour in general rufescent brown, paler 

 below ; under fur, greyish yellow at the base, the longer hair 

 bright rufous, and the tips dusky or black. Sometimes this 

 animal has a white tip to the tail. 



Dim_'nsions : head and body 27 inches; tail 20 inches; 

 skull about 5 inches long. Dyak name, ' Galling.' 



Hab. Mount Dalit, ^,000 feet (C. Hose). Sarawak 

 (G. D. Haviland). 



G E X U S A II C T G A L ( .(P(A 



ARCTOGALE LEUCOTIS. 



Paradoxarus Iciicotis^ Blyth, Horsf. Cat. p. 66 (1851) ; 



TaU about the same length as the head and body. Fur 



short, of uniform length, not harsh. Skull narrow and 



elongate. Post orbital processes long, zygomatic arches Weak. 



, -, |,i The bony palate extends more than half an inch behind the 



- '' \^\ last upper molars. Colour, fulvous _grey (whity brown) to 



jy^ dusky grey, or occasionally brown above, much_paler below. 



C.<M Fur in pale specimen sometimes grey througFout ; in darker 



skins brown near the base, then grey, tipped on the back with 



dark brown or black. Along the back run three longitudinal 



dark bands, either continuous or broken into spots ; sometimes 



in the Bornean specimens the bands are indistinct or wanting. 



The head above, including the crown and ears, usually darker, 



often ashy or black. 



Dimensions : head and body of a large male 26-5 inches ; 

 tail 27 ; skull 4-in.,in basal length, 2-3 in zygomatic breadth. 



This mammal is frequently met with in the low country ; 

 as yet I have not obtained a specimen from any of the 

 mountains in Borneo. The Dyaks call it ' Musang akar.' It 

 is usually seen running along the branches of trees in the old 

 forest. 



Baram River (C. Hose). Bakong River (C. Hose). Mount 

 Kalulong (C. Hose). 



G E X U S H E \\ I G A L E . 



HEMIGALE HARDWICKEI. 



Hcmigale hard7vickei\ Gray, Spic. Zool. ii. p. Q, t. i. 



The skull agrees with Gciictta and Nandim'a in the hinder 

 opening of the palate being only a short distance behind the 

 line between the back edges of the hinder tubercular grinders. 

 The nose of the skull is elongate. The brain cavity ovate, 

 ventricose, not suddenly constricted in front. 



