512 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRIDE. [Nov. 8, 
Var.? Viverra poortmanni, Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. vii. 154, 
1853; Arch. der Naturg. 1356, p. 44. 
Hab. Africa: Abyssinia; Fernando Po (Thompson); Guinea 
(called ‘‘ Kaukans’’) (Yemm.) ; Gaboon (dubry Le Comte). 
** Tail black, ringed. Asiatic. 
2. VIVERRA ZIBETHA. B.M. 
Tail ringed. 
Viverra zibetha, Linn. 8.N.i. 65; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 168; 
Gray, Illust. Ind. Zool. ii. t. 5; Proce. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 63; Cat. 
Mamm. B. M. 47; Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B. M. 71; Schinz, Syn. 
Mamm. i. 362; Horsfield, Cat. Mus. India House, 54. 
Meles zibethica, Linn. S.N. 
Viverra undulata, Gray, Spic. Zool. t. 8. 
V. civettoides, V. melanurus, V. orientalis, Hodgson, J. Asiatic 
Soc. Bengal, x. 909. 
Zibet, Buffon, ix. 299, t. 31. 
Hab. Asia: Bengal (Horsfield); India (Hardwick); Calcutta 
( Oldham); Nepal (Hodgson) ; China (J. Reeve) ; Formosa (Swinhoe) ; 
? Isle of Negros (Cuming) (skull B.M.); ? Malay peninsula (Hors- 
eld). 
< Skull elongate, narrow. Nose compressed. Orbit incomplete 
behind. Teeth very like Genetta; upper hinder tubercular small, 
oblong, transverse, with two outer and one large inner tubercle. 
Lower jaw shelving ia front ; lower edge rather arched, without any 
tubercles below the end of the tooth-line; the tubercular grinders 
subcircular, with three lobes on the crown. 
3. VIVERRA TANGALUNGA. B.M. 
Tail black above, and ringed on the lower side. 
Viverra tangalunga, Gray, P. Z. 8.1832, p. 63; Cat. Mamm.B.M. 
48; Cantor, Mamm.; Horsfield, Cat. Mus. India House, 57. 
Viverra zibetha, Raffles, Linn. Trans. xiii. 231 ; F. Cuvier, Mam. 
Lithog. t. 
Hab. Sumatra (called “ Tangalung’’) (Raffles); Borneo, Celebes, 
Amboyna (Miiller) ; Malayan peninsula (Cantor). 
What is Viverra megaspila, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1862, 
p. 321? 
3. BassaRIS. 
Bassaris, Licht. Isis, 1831, p. 510. 
Body elongate; back not crested. Legs moderate, equal. Tail 
elongate, bushy, dark-ringed. Toes 5—3, separate ; claws acute. 
Teeth 38 ; false grinders 3 tubercular grinders — 
Hab. Mexico. 
BASSARIS ASTUTA. B.M. 
Fur grey. 
Bassaris astuta, Licht. Isis, 1831, p. 510; Darst. Saugeth, t. 42 ; 
