ARCTICTIS. 



117 



Disiribidlon. Tlii.s well-marked form is found east of the Bay of 

 Bengal, from Sylhet, and, according to Sterndale, Assam, through 

 Arakan and Tenasserim to Malacca, Sumatra, and Java. Said by 

 Mason to be comuion in Tenasserim. 



Habits. Nothing particular I'ecorded. When taken young 

 A. Imcotis is easily domesticated. Tickell and, probably, Mason 

 mistook the Tenasserim form of P. hennaphroditus for this species. 



The type of Blytli's Paradoxurus hucotls, that originally described 

 by llorslield, is now in the Briti.sh Museum, and is a young and 

 pale specimen of the present form. 



Nemi(/alf Jiaidivickei (Paradoxurus derhi/anus), a Malayan animal 

 alHed to Paradoxurus, and formerly referred to that genus, is dis- 

 tinguished by having the soles of the feet naked to a much smaller 

 extent, though more than in Virerra or Prioiiodon, and by its den- 

 tition. The coloration is Aeiy peculiar, pale brownish grey, with 

 a variable number (usually 5 or (5) of broad, dark transverse bands 

 on the back, longitudinal stripes on the nape, and rings on the 

 basal portion of the tail. This animal ranges from the Malay 

 Peninsula to Borneo. 



Genus ARCTICTIS, Temminck, 1824. 

 Syn. Ictides, Valenciennes. 



Tail long and truly prehensile. Ears short, tufted. Feet 

 thoio.'ghly plantigrade, the whole hinder surface of tarsus and 



Fig. 32. — Skull of Arctidls bhiiurong. 



metatarsus being naked. Claws short, half retractile, comprassed, 

 slightly curved. Fur coarse, and long. Pupil vei"tical. Large 

 prescrotal glands opening into a deep fold. 



