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TIYEr.nTd. 



Dimensions. Approximately the same as those of P. zeylonensis. 

 Adult skull 4*2 inches long from occipital condyles, 2*5 wide across 

 zygomatic arches. 



Distrihution. Only known with certainty from the Pahii hills in 

 Madura, and the Nilgiris, hut prohahly inhahiting all the higher 

 ranges of Cochin and TraA^ancore. 



Habits. Not known. 



55. Paradoxurus grayi. The Himalayan Palm- Civet. 



Paradoxunis grayi, Hctwctt, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 718; Jerdon, Mam. 



p. 128 ; Bhjt/i, Mam. Birds Burma, p. 26 : W. Blanf. P. Z. S. 1885, 



p. 803. 

 Paradoxurus uipalensis, Ilodqson, As. Pes. xix. p. 76 (1836). 

 Paradoxurus tytlerii, Tyihr,'j. A. S. B. xxxiii, p. 188 (1864). 



Fig. 29.— Half palate of Paradoxurus grayi. (P. Z. S. 1885, p. 804.) 



Tail ahout tlie same length as the head and body. Fur varying 

 in length, but much more uniform throughout the body, less harsli 

 and more woolly than in P. lierma'pliroditxis ; woolly underfur fre- 

 quently well developed. Mamma) 4. 



In the skull the constriction behind the postorbital processes is 

 much less than in the preceding species. The bony j^alate runs 

 back above the posterior nares for 0*4 to 0-5 inch beliind the 

 hindmost molars, and is deeply concave at tlie end. Tlie teeth 

 are smaller than in P. Tierma'plirodiius ; the inner lobe of th(^ upjier 

 sectorial less developed, and the iirst upper true molar more trian- 

 gular. In old individuals the teeth, the molars esj)ecially, are 

 much worn down. 



