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across the throat, the third faint on the upper breast, but distinct 

 on the side of the neck, where it runs forward to behind the 

 ear. 



Dimensions. A large iiulividual luoasui'ed 37 inches from nose to 

 the root of the tail ; tail 17"r> inches. Basal length of skull about 

 5-2 inches, zygomatic breadth 2*9. 



JJi.strihution. Burma, Malay Peninsula, Cochin China, and 

 Sumatra. Recorded as far north as Prome. 



Habits. Similar to those of V. zihetha. This civet is said by 

 Cantor to have from one to three young at a tim(\ 



Viverra tanf/alwufa, Gray, inhabits Java, Sumatra, Borneo, the 

 Philippines, and, it is said, Malacca, but this requires confirmation. 

 TIk! only other species of the genus is the African V. civetta. 



Genus VIVERRICULA, Hodgson (1838). 



No erectile mane along the back ; nails sharper and more curved 

 than in Viverra; pollex and hallux shorter and more remote from 

 the other toes. Foot and toepads ])reci^ely as in Viverra. The 

 build is slighter, the size much smaller, the muzzle finer, and the 

 whole animal more adapted for arboreal and climbing habits. The 

 anal and prescrotal glands are similar. 



In the skull there is, as a rule, no alisphenoid canal, although 

 one is very rarely present. The anterior portion of the bulla in 

 front of the constriction is much more swollen than in Viverra, so 

 that the bidla looks considerably longer ; the paroccipital process, 

 too, seldom projects at all from the hinder part of the bulla, being 

 generally rounded off against it. The teeth are small, compressed, 

 and sharp, the formula being the same as in Viverra. 



Vertebra) : C. 7, D. 13, L. 7, S. 3, C. 25. 



The absence of an erectile mane, and the differences in the 

 skull and structure of the feet, appear to justify the separation of 

 the pr('S(»nt genus, which resembles Viverra in its other characters. 

 There is but a single species. 



48. Viverricula malaccensis. The small Indian Civet. 



Viverra malaccensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. \, p. 92(1788); Jvrd. 3Lini. 



p. V21. 

 Viven-a indica, Geoffr., J)esm. Kuiw. Diet, vii, p. 170 (1817); Elliot, 



Mad. Joiir/i. L. A', x, p. 102. 

 Viverra bciig'alcnsis and V. pallida, Graij, Ilardwiche's III, Ind. Zool. 



\, ])1. 4; ii, pi. (). 

 Vivi'rra rassr;, Ilorsf. lies. Java, pi. 



Viverricula iiulic-a and V. rasse, IIod;/son, A. M. N. II. \, p. 152 (1838). 

 Viverricula iniilaecensis, Jili/lh, Cat. ]). 45; Anderson, Zool. An. Res. 



p. KiO ; Thomas, P. Z. -V.' 18.S(>, p. 55. 



Mashk-billa, Katds, H. ; Gandha </okal, Gando (/aula, B. ; Sof/of, 1 \o K 1 1] ; 

 Jowddi numjilr, Malir. ; Saiyar, liay-myul, Nepal Terai ; Iihiayin Iwh, 

 Can. ; Ftmayii pilli, Tel. ; Uralawa, Ciiifj;'. This animal is alsd called 



