600 



MANIDjil. 



Dimensions A large male measured, head and body 21 "5 inches, 

 tail 20 ; basal length of a skull 4'1, greatest breadth 1"75. 



Distrilmtion. From Sylhet and Tipperah, and from the lower 

 ranges near Bhiimo, throughout Burma, Cochinehina, and Cam- 

 bodia, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo to Celebes. 

 I have not been able to ascertain whether this species or J/, aurita 

 inhabits the hills south of Assam. 





Fig. 199. — Martis javanica. (From a drawing bv Col. Tickell.) 



Habits. From Tickell's MS. notes it may be inferred that this 

 species sometimes turns both fore and hind claws under the feet 

 in walking. It is probably less of a burrower than the other two 

 species, as its fore claws are much smaller and its scales less worn. 

 S. Miiller states that in Java it ascends trees and conceals itself in 

 fissures, especially in several kinds of fig-tree ; but it also burrows 

 in the earth, though it is rarely found amongst rocks. Similar 

 statements as to its habits in Borneo are made by Motley and 

 Dillwyn (Nat, Hist. Labuan, p. 51). 



